In an unusual move, the original defendants, California Attorney General Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, refused to support Proposition 8 in court.

加州总检察长杰里·布朗与州长阿诺德·施瓦辛格是本案的被告，却不寻常地拒绝出庭支持8号提议案。

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As required by Proposition 8, California will not recognize such couples as "married."

由于第8项提案的需要，加州不会把这些夫妇视为已婚。

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In November of 2008, California voters narrowly approved a measure known as Proposition 8, which defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman.

在2008年11月，加州选民以微弱多数通过了“8号提案”的议案。该议案把婚姻定义为一个男人与一个女人之间的结合。

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On the same day that Obama was elected in 2008, voters in California passed Proposition 8, which effectively banned same-sex marriages after the state's high court had ruled them legal.

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