SAN FRANCISCO — Just in time for Pride Weekend, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit formally cleared the way for same-sex marriages Friday afternoon.
The court dissolved its stay of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling that invalidated Proposition 8, the 2008 voter initiative that limited marriage to opposite-sex couples. Ninety minutes later, Attorney General Kamala Harris married Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier, two of the four plaintiffs who brought the legal challenge, in a City Hall ceremony.
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