Proposition 8: The ballot initiative in California in which voters voted to ban same-sex marriage, 5.5 months after it first began in the state in 2008. 18,000 same-sex couples were married in those 5.5 months in mid 2008.
There's been a highly publicized challenge to this voter referendum and that challenge was ruled on in August 2010, overturning the vote. A "stay" was issued on the ruling, meaning that gay marriage is still banned in California. That ruling was subsequently appealed and the Court of Appeals may issue a ruling by the end of 2011.
Currently, those 18,000 married couples are still married but other couples who want to get married may not legally do so.
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