Perry v. Schwarzenegger involves a challenge by two same-sex couples to the constitutionality of Proposition 8, a voter-enacted amendment to the California Constitution, which provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid in California. Gay rights advocates claim the law discriminates against same-sex couples seeking to marry. The hearing consolidates arguments in two cases: Case 10-16696 (main appeal) and case 10-16751 (intervenor appeal).

This case was argued before a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on December 6, 2010 in Courtroom One of the James R. Browning Federal Courthouse in San Francisco, California. The panel consisted of Judges Stephen Reinhardt of Los Angeles, Michael Daly Hawkins of Phoenix and N. Randy Smith of Pocatello, Idaho.

This recording is from the second hour during which the parties addressed the constitutionality of Proposition 8

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