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=== Proposition 8 ===

[[California Proposition 8 (2008)|Proposition 8]], a contentious voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that banned [[same-sex marriage]] was upheld in May 2009 by the California Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/mar/02/ca-gay-marriage-glance-030209/?zIndex=60748|title=Calif. Sup. Ct. arguments on Prop. 8, at a glance|agency=Associated Press|date=March 1, 2009|access-date=August 6, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/26/california.same.sex.marriage/index.html|title=California high court upholds same-sex marriage ban|work=CNN|date=May 26, 2009|access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> In August 2010, the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California|U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California]] ruled that Proposition 8 violated the [[Due Process Clause|Due Process]] and the [[Equal Protection]] clauses of the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref name=opinion>{{cite web |url=https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/files/09cv2292-ORDER.pdf |title=N:\Katharine Van Dusen\Civil\Perry v Schwarzenegger 09-2292\Findings\FF & CL FINAL.wpd |access-date=January 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316191210/https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/files/09cv2292-ORDER.pdf |archive-date=March 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Brown and then Republican Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] both declined to appeal the ruling.<ref>{{cite web|last=Willon|first=Phil |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-oct-06-la-me-attorney-general-20101005-story.html |title=Attorney general candidates offer differing visions of post |work=Los Angeles Times |date=6 October 2010 |access-date=July 14, 2013}}</ref> The state appeals court declined to order the governor or Attorney-General Brown to defend the proposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/09/03/Court-Calif-need-not-defend-Prop-8/UPI-98841283559390/ |title=Court: Calif. need not defend Prop 8 |work=United Press International |date=September 3, 2010 |access-date=October 13, 2010}}</ref>