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Lockyer: Calif constitution permits laws against same-sex marriage
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/9872363.htm

LISA LEFF
Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - California's constitution does not prohibit laws against gay marriage, Attorney General Bill Lockyer declared Friday in a long-awaited legal opinion that sought to avoid offending either side of the contentious debate.

Meeting a judge's deadline to answer a pair of lawsuits seeking to overturn laws prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying, Lockyer said it was up to the voters or the Legislature to decide such questions.

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