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The state Supreme Court upholding, Proposition 8, but still allowing those 18,000 same sex marriages to remain valid. Joining us on the phone right now is Jessica Garrison, a Los Angeles Times reporter. Jessica, if some of our viewers are just joining us right now, can you run down the actual announcement that we heard from the court today?
Absolutely, well what the court did by a vote of 6 to 1 is upheld Proposition 8, which was the amendment to State constitution, re-banning same sex marriage. And then by a vote of 7 to 0, it said that the estimated 18,000 couples who married in California between June and November were still legally married.
What's some of the reaction you guys at the Times are getting in right now? As you know, California, as I know, growing up there, California is a very divided state with some areas like Orange County being very conservative, next to Los Angeles county being quite liberal.
Well, I'm actually in South Los Angeles at the Lucy Corin's cafe where a bunch of gay activists and religious leaders are gathered. And there, there was about a 30 seconds of, just kind of, sadness among them when the decision came out, and then they immediately began talking about the next campaign. So, pretty much they’re vowing to go right back to the ballot, as soon as November of 2010, to try to re-amend the constitution to re-allow same sex marriage.<