Reuters: U.S.: Obama to urge high court to allow California gay marriage: official

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Obama to urge high court to allow California gay marriage: official Feb 28th 2013, 20:27 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Corporations urge Supreme Court to embrace gay marriage Wed, Feb 27 2013 Conservatives on high court cast doubt on voting law Wed, Feb 27 2013 Amgen loses as top U.S. court backs class actions Wed, Feb 27 2013 Supreme Court throws out challenge to surveillance law Tue, Feb 26 2013 U.S. justice denounces prosecutor's racially charged question Mon, Feb 25 2013 Analysis & Opinion Syria demands a new policy Obama's legacy of secrecy Related Topics U.S. » Small Business » The U.S. Supreme Court building seen in Washington May 20, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Molly Riley WASHINGTON | Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:27pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration will urge the U.S. Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriages to resume in California, the furthest step Obama has taken in favor of gay rights, an administration official said on Thursday. Thursday is the deadline for the administration to file a friend-of-the-court brief in a case that is due to be argued on March 26 on whether California's 2008 law, known as Proposition 8, is constitutional. The official confirmed an NBC News report of the administration's plans. (Reporting by David Ingram and Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Howard Goller and Christopher Wilson) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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