Oral Arguments – 82 pages – Hollingsworth v. Perry
Oral Arguments: 12-144.exe – 12-144a.pdf. Addressing the merits of the case during the first of two days of arguments on same-sex marriage, Justice Kennedy voiced sympathy for the children of gay and lesbian couples. “There’s some 40,000 children in California that live with same-sex parents,” he said, as the justices debated the state’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. “They want their parents to have full recognition and full status. The voice of those children is important.” via Justices to […]
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