1.0 link 141429 <![CDATA[California Gay Marriage Banned As Proposition 8 Passes]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/california-gay-marriage-b_n_141429.html LOS ANGELES - In an election otherwise full of liberal triumphs, the gay rights movement suffered a stunning defeat as California voters approved a ban on same-sex marriages that overrides a recent court decision legalizing them.

The constitutional amendment -- widely seen as the most momentous of the nation's 153 ballot measures -- will limit marriage to heterosexual couples, the first time such a vote has taken place in a state where gay unions are legal.

Gay-rights activists had a rough election...

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