{"id":2845,"date":"2010-01-26T02:54:09","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T06:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2017-10-15T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T20:31:18","slug":"lawyers-for-plaintiffs-rest-case-on-gay-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/lawyers-for-plaintiffs-rest-case-on-gay-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers for plaintiffs rest case on gay marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Lisa Leff\u00a0<br \/>\n<em>One News Now<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lawyers representing two same-sex couples challenging the constitutionality of California&#8217;s ban on same-sex marriage have rested their case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move came Monday after the attorneys spent more than nine days presenting evidence on the meaning of marriage, the nature of sexual orientation, and the role of religion in shaping attitudes about both.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is the first in a federal court to examine if states violate the U.S. Constitution by preventing same-sex couples from marrying.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent litigators Theodore Olson and David Boies asserted in their case that Proposition 8 is a product of anti-gay bias without justification.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Proposition 8 sponsors have called their first witness, a Claremont College political scientist. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100128013045\/http:\/\/www.onenewsnow.com:80\/Headlines\/Default.aspx?id=869154\">Click here to continue.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lisa Leff\u00a0 One News&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[2932,2920,2919],"class_list":["post-2845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homosexuality","tag-homosexuality","tag-politics","tag-signs-of-the-times","wpcat-113-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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