Attorney Theodore Olson, center, shakes hands with Prop. 8 opponents after a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Attorneys behind the federal court challenge to California's voter-approved gay marriage ban plan to argue during a pretrial hearing Thursday that by stripping gays of the right to wed, Proposition 8 runs afoul of the constitutional requirement that the government should treat its citizens equally absent a compelling reason not to do so. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Attorney Theodore Olson, center, shakes hands with Prop. 8 opponents after a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Attorneys behind the federal court challenge to California's voter-approved gay marriage ban plan to argue during a pretrial hearing Thursday that by stripping gays of the right to wed, Proposition 8 runs afoul of the constitutional requirement that the government should treat its citizens equally absent a compelling reason not to do so.

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  1. In this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, John Marcotte discusses his proposed initiative to ban divorce as Ryan Platt, left, signs the petition to get the measure on the ballot, in Sacramento, Calif. Marcotte is using the state's voter initiative process to make a satirical statement about the fight over gay marriage and voter approved 2008 Proposition 8 that banned gay marriage. Platt said he signed the petition in support of his lesbian sister.
  2. Gay rights activists hold placards in the background as Minister Jim Garlow (C), a leader in the Prop 8 battle in California, and an ad hoc coalition of concerned ministers from various denominations hold a rally to 'boldly preach Biblical truth concerning the subject of homosexuality' in front of the US Justice Department in Washington, DC, November 16, 2009. Ministers from around the US came out to protest the use of the Hate Crimes Bill against the preachings against homosexuality.

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