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Title: Neff: Was 2008 a good year - or a bad one?
Post by: Shana A on December 23, 2008, 10:01:42 PM
Neff: Was 2008 a good year - or a bad one?
By Lisa Neff, columnist, 365gay.com
12.22.2008 11:06am EST

http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-was-2008-a-good-year-or-a-bad-one/ (http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-was-2008-a-good-year-or-a-bad-one/)

In California, the state's highest court ruled that banning gays and lesbians from marriage was unconstitutional.

And, in California, the state's voters passed Proposition 8, amending their state constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

The California anti-gay measure had staunch support from religious institutions, most prominently the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.