ruling in the case of Perez versus Sharp (1948) and the creation of Proposition 8

on the California ballot in 2008. Complicating this progression is the unique role

of San Francisco's city government which overruled the findings of federal courts

and allowed same-sex marriage in their city (Barron, 2218). As a result, there

continues to be an influx of homosexual and lesbian couples to San Francisco to

become legally married and then carry this status back to their individual states.

They are doing this to be able to provide health care and other benefits typically

given only to married couples. The argument that gay or lesbian partners are in

fact a couple is the at the center of this debate from a philosophical and religious

As a result, Proposition 8 was the most hotly contested and divisive political

issue on the California ballot in 2008, with each side spending nearly $74M to

further promote their side of the argument and seek to win over cross-over voters

who had not decided. The contention on those looking to ban same-sex marriage

is that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. This was

and school districts fearing their curriculums would be completely re-written to

intensified the efforts of the attorneys and legislators in the side of allowing for

discrimination. On this point the opposing sides of Proposition 8 disagreed the

ban and wanting to have same-sex marriage ratified said that educational

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