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  2. 2008 California Proposition 8 - Wikipedia

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    The proposition was created by opponents of same-sex marriage in advance [3] of the California Supreme Court's May 2008 appeal ruling, In re Marriage Cases, which followed the short-lived 2004 same-sex weddings controversy and found the previous ban on same-sex marriage (Proposition 22, 2000) unconstitutional. Proposition 8 was ultimately ruled ...

  3. Same-sex marriage in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    On May 8, 2012, North Carolina voters approved Amendment 1 by a vote of 61.04% to 38.96%. [13] The amendment added to Section XIV of the Constitution of North Carolina: Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.

  4. Same-sex marriage in California - Wikipedia

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    Same-sex marriage has been legal in California since June 28, 2013. The State of California first issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples from June 16, 2008 to November 5, 2008, a period of approximately 4 months, 2 weeks and 6 days, as a result of the Supreme Court of California finding in the case of In re Marriage Cases that barring same-sex couples from marriage violated the ...

  5. Prop 8 Judge Rules: Gay Marriages Are Equal to Hetero Ones - AOL

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    In a thorough and devastatingly clear opinion, Judge Vaughn Walker dismantles the "case" made by proponents of California's Proposition 8. After summarizing the testimony witness by witness, Judge ...

  6. California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books ...

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    It would repeal a 2008 measure, known as Proposition 8, which voters approved to ban the state from recognizing same-sex marriages. In practice, that law has been void for about a decade.

  7. LGBTQ rights in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v.Texas (2003) held laws criminalizing consensual homosexual activity between adults unconstitutional. [1]In State v.Whiteley (2005), the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the crime against nature statute, N.C. G.S. § 14-177, [2] is not unconstitutional on its face because it may properly be used to criminalize sexual conduct involving minors ...

  8. Newsom urges California voters to protect same-sex marriage ...

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    Twenty years after he issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of federal law as mayor of ... to remove Proposition 8 from state Constitution, held at Manny's at 16th and Mission ...

  9. 2008 in LGBTQ rights - Wikipedia

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    California voters ban same-sex marriage with Proposition 8, becoming the first U.S. state to do so after marriages had been legalized for same-sex couples. The amendment to California's constitution passed by a margin of 52% to 47% and overturned the state supreme court's ruling in May in favor of same-sex marriage.