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Tue 11 Nov 2008Marriages of gays valid despite ban, governor believes
THE GOVERNOR of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has predicted that the marriages of 18,000 gay and lesbian couples will remain valid, despite a ballot initiative that last week outlawed same-sex unions in the state.
He also said he hoped the California Supreme Court would overturn proposition 8, which reversed the court's own decision last May to allow gay couples the right to wed. The initiative was approved by 52 per cent of the state's voters after a fraught campaign in which groups on both sides were estimated to have spent some $73 million (€57 million).
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