Calif. Supreme Court upholds Prop. 8

The California Supreme Court issued a ruling today upholding Prop. 8, the ban on same-sex marriages the state's voters approved in the Nov. 2008 election.

Prop. 8 was passed mere months after the Court's May 2008 decision to recognize same-sex marriage in California.

In its new ruling, the Court decided that the some 18,000 same-sex unions recorded in the state between its May 2008 decision and the time Prop. 8 became law are still legally-recognized marriages.