By LISA LEFF Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO May 15, 2008 (AP)
The Associated Press
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The California Supreme Court has overturned a gay marriage ban in a ruling that would make the nation's largest state the second one to allow gay and lesbian weddings. California Supreme Court strikes down the state's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional.
The justices' 4-3 decision Thursday says domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage.
Life partners Reverend Troy Perry (L) and Phillip Ray DeBlieck speak to reporters following a...

Life partners Reverend Troy Perry (L) and Phillip Ray DeBlieck speak to reporters following a hearing on gay marriage at the California Supreme Court in San Francisco, California March 4, 2008. Four years after San Francisco ignited a heated national debate by briefly allowing gay marriage, California's top court hears arguments on Tuesday as to whether matrimony should be limited to a man and a woman.

(Robert Galbraith/Reuters)