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Proposition 8 same-sex mariage ban lawsuit ruling expected Wednesday in California

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A California judge will deliver a landmark ruling Wednesday in the fight over Proposition 8, the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Two same-sex couples, along with the city of San Francisco, sued the state after Proposition 8 passed with 52% of voter support in 2008.

The law banned same-sex marriage five months after California’s state Supreme Court legalized them.

When Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker delivers his decision, an appeal is almost certain from the losing side and the case will likely reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

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