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The California Supreme Court, which last year declared the right of gays and lesbians to marry, appeared ready Thursday to uphold the voters’ decision to overrule the court and restore the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. “There have been initiatives that have taken away rights from minorities by majority vote” and have been upheld by [...]

The first major court challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act has been brought by 15 gay and lesbian Massachusetts residents, who filed suit to receive federal benefits offered to married people but denied to gays because of the law. The plaintiffs are six married couples and three men with now-deceased spouses, including the [...]