upheld Proposition 8 , keeping in place the constitutional ban on marriage equality in the Golden State. As for the thousands of couples married last year before Prop 8 passed, they will remain married in the eyes of the law.
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I’ll post a longer analysis from our legal department in a bit, but the top line is that the court 
