District Court Finds Prop 8 Unconstitutional: AFER's 8/4/10 Press Conference
Channel: American Foundation for Equal Rights
Date: 2013-09-19

The Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California today ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in the landmark Perry v. Schwarzenegger case, striking down California's Proposition 8 and finding that it violates the U.S. Constitution by denying gay men and lesbians the fundamental right to marry and denying them equal protection under the law. The ruling reestablishes the equal marriage rights in California that were stripped away by Prop. 8.