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Sunday, December 5, 2010

The courts versus public opinion and same-sex marriage - latimes.com

The courts versus public opinion and same-sex marriage - latimes.com: "In 1948, the idea of interracial marriage in the United States was almost unimaginable. The few polls on this topic at the time showed that Americans were nearly unanimous in their disapproval of it.

There is little evidence that Californians felt any different. Yet that year saw the legalization of interracial marriage in California — not because voters approved it or because legislators supported it but because California's courts ruled that banning it violated the U.S. Constitution."
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