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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In becoming governor this year, Mr Brown succeeded a former Hollywood star (Arnold Schwarzenegger), just as he did in 1975 (Ronald Reagan).

今年就任加州州长时，Brown先生接替的是一个前好莱坞明星阿诺德。

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Jerry Brown has been sworn in as the new governor of the US state of California, taking over from the departing Arnold Schwarzenegger.

杰里·布朗宣誓就职美国加州州长，从阿诺德·施瓦辛格手中接管加州。

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David Crane, a Democrat who advised Mr Brown's Republican predecessor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, hopes to amplify these reforms with another effort.

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Then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the current governor, Jerry Brown, declined to defend the initiative, leaving the case to private citizens who had put the proposition on the ballot.

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