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California, Proposition 8 & legalized discrimination
California's Proposition 8, which prohibited marriage between same-sex couples, has been controversial since its introduction and challenged almost from the moment of adoption. With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to to rule on Prop 8, I find myself thinking about the ramifications it had on my own life -- not as weighty as those of the many Californians who were denied the basic human right of marriage to those they love, but significant nonetheless.