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California’s Proposition 8 trial is set to continue Sept. 6, where the California Supreme Court will hear appeal arguments on Judge Vaughn Walker’s original decision – that Prop 8 was unconstitutional.

This time, the case will be televised on the California Channel, a public affairs network.

The original trial, headed by Judge Walker, was supposed to be aired, but the U.S. Supreme Court intervened, citing that airing the trial might put witnesses at risk.

The case is unique in that the state has refused to back an appeal of ruling – leaving the initiative sponsors (Protect Marriage) as the only party attempting to appeal. Federal precedent bars this, but Protect Marriage is hoping a state law will overrule federal standard and allow it.

The California Supreme Court will hear one hour of arguments the first day of the fall calendar, Sept. 6. The court will then have 90 days to release a ruling.

If an appeal is allowed, Walker’s decision would be reviewed, which could talk several additional months.

“I am very pleased that the Supreme Court of California calendared our case for the first day of their fall session,” Chad Griffin, Board President of the American Foundation for Equal Rights said in a statement. The foundation is the sole sponsor for the Proposition 8 court case, Perry v. Brown. “The governor and attorney general of California – and the United States District Court – all have found Proposition 8 unconstitutional.”

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