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Gay Marriage Ban Makes California Ballot

Posted Jun 3, 08 3:57 AM CDT in US 

(Newser) – The battle lines have been drawn in California's fight over gay marriage, with an initiative banning same-sex unions drawing enough signatures to be on the state's ballots in November. California's Supreme Court struck down a gay marriage ban last month, but it's unclear if same-sex marriages performed before November will be valid if the amendment passes, reports the Los Angeles Times.

"I'm confident that Californians are ready to support equal marriage rights for all our residents," one man who plans to marry his male partner told the San Jose Mercury News. He's waiting until after November to marry because "we don't want to lose our deposit."

Sources Los Angeles Times, San Jose Mercury News

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Decorations depicting scenes of marriage are seen in the office of Contra Costa County Clerk Recorder Stephen Weir in Martinez, Calif., Wednesday, May 28, 2008.   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Partners hold hands in San Francisco on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. More California voters now support allowing same-sex marriage than oppose it, according to a new poll released Wednesday, May 28, 2008.   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Janet McKeithen a priest at a United Methodist Church attends a street celebration of Thursday's California Supreme Court ruling that gay couples in the nation's biggest state can marry.   (AP Photo/Hector Mata)
Iran Larios from Boyle Heights section of LA attends a street celebration of the California Supreme Court ruling on Gay and Lesbian rights on Thursday, May 15, 2008 in West Hollywood, Calif.   (AP Photo/Hector Mata)
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