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The Next Step For California’s Gay Marriage Ban

February 7, 2012

Marissa Cabrera,reporter, KPBS
Nina Totenberg,legal affairs correspondent, NPR
Rob Dillard,reporter, Iowa Public

Questions:

1, Do you support same-sex marriage? Why?

2, If the same-sex marriage is legal in your country, will it have any effect on your life?

3, What’s your opinions about marriage?

New Words:

legitimate:

1. according to law; lawful: the property’s legitimate owner.

2. accordance with established rules, principles, or standards.

3. born in wedlock or of legally married parents: legitimate children.

4. in accordance with the laws of reasoning; logically inferable; logical: a legitimate conclusion.

5. resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right: a legitimate sovereign.

shrewdly

adjective, -er, -est.

1. astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.

2. keen; piercing.

4. Archaic . malicious.

5. Obsolete . bad.

plebiscite

noun

1. a direct vote of the qualified voters of a state in regard to some important public question.

2. the vote by which the people of a political unit determine autonomy or affiliation with another country.