On March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court took up California’s Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage, a case in which opponents to the ban seek full participation by gay couples in the fundamental right to marry. On March 27, the Defense of Marriage Act  was before the court.

National Law Journal reporters Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle cover the arguments and look at the issues, the stakes, and the attorneys involved in the historic constitutional test of gay marriage rights.

 

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