Authority: United States District Court for the Northern District of California (USA)

Date: 08/04/2010

Subject: The decision has established the illegitimacy of Proposition 8, which prohibits marriages between homosexuals, because in contrast with the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, asserting that only marriages between men and women are valid and recognized in California; the Court has also deemed irrelevant the approval by referendum of Proposition 8, stating that “fundamental rights cannot be subjected to vote”

Parties: Kristin M Perry, Sandra B Stier, Paul T Katami and Jeffrey J Zarrillo e City and Council of San Francisco v Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his official capacity as Governor of California; Edmund G Brown Junior, in his official capacity as Attorney General of California; Mark Bhorton, in his official capacity as Director of the California Department of Public Health and State Registrar of Vital Statistics; Linette Scott, in her official capacity as Deputy Director of Health Information & Strategic Planning for the California Department of Public Health; Patrick O’Connell, in his official capacity as Clerk-Recorder of the County of Alameda; and Dean C Logan, in his official capacity as Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk for the County of Los Angeles e Dennis Hollingsworth, Gail J Knight, Martin F Gutierrez, Hakshing William Tam, Mark A Jannson and PROTECTMARRIAGE.COM – YES ON 8, A Project of California Renewal, as official proponents of Proposition 8

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 9 Right to marry - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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