Lawyer: Gays denied right by California's gay marriage ban

[Yahoo! News]

AP - The landmark federal trial over the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban resumed Wednesday, with a lawyer arguing that supporters of the ban were trying to deprive same-sex couples of a relationship the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized as a fundamental right.

A lawyer for supporters of California's gay marriage ban argued Wednesday in a landmark federal trial that opposite-sex marriage ensures children have the benefits of being raised by biological parents.

Attorney Charles Cooper delivered his closing argument as the case challenging the constitutionality of voter-approved Proposition 8 resumed. Cooper said societies around the world have always seen marriage as a way to keep children from being born out of wedlock.



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FILE - In this file photo from March 4, 2008, Diane Sabin and her partner Jewelle Gomez hold hands in San Francisco. The lawyers in the landmark federal trial over the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban may have to check their dazzling oratory at the courtroom door during next week's closing arguments.