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Take Two

Three generations of Californians react to Prop 8 decision

Eric Breese (L) of Rochester, New York, joins fellow George Washington University students and hundreds of others to rally outside the Supreme Court during oral arguments in a case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) March 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the second case this week about same-sex marriage.
Eric Breese (L) of Rochester, New York, joins fellow George Washington University students and hundreds of others to rally outside the Supreme Court during oral arguments in a case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) March 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the second case this week about same-sex marriage.
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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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For those within the gay community, today's decision comes just in time. For others, maybe it didn't come soon enough. We wanted to talk about what the court's ruling on DOMA and Prop 8 means to different generations of gay people.

Joining the show are Jack Davis is an 18-year-old out athlete who recently graduated from Palisades Charter High School; Anthony Maldonado, a 48-year-old who, with his partner, raises their 4-year-old son in rural Visalia, California; and 77-year-old Alice Herman, who resides at an LGBT senior home in West Hollywood. She married her partner Sylvia in 2007, but Sylvia passed in 2009.