California Upholds Gay Marriage Ban

The California Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8, the controversial ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in the state of California. At the same time, the ruling allows about 18,000 same-sex couples who'd already married to retain the rights they attained during the brief six-month period that gay marriage was legal in the state. "There it goes," said Jim Schnobrich, who married his partner of 27 years in Pasadena, Calif., last September. "We have to keep going." Still, the...Full Story