Today’s Prop 8 Ruling Goes Far Beyond California’s Borders

LGBT Advocate Charlene Strong Sees First Step to Overturning DOMA Human Rights are not Special RightsSEATTLE - August 4, 2010 - Today a federal court ruled that California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved initiative which banned same-sex marriage in the state last November, unconstitutional under both the due process and equal protection clauses.  This decision is critical as its ramifications could reach beyond California’s borders to challenge the federal ban on same-sex marriage known as the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).  Charlene Strong, a Washington State Human Rights Commissioner