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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. 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.

  4. Commentary: Did you see all the signs opposing California's ...

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    In 2008, my Laguna Beach street was lined with signs for Proposition 8, a gay marriage ban. This year's Proposition 3 is to undo the unenforced measure. In 2008, my Laguna Beach street was lined ...

  5. California voters will be asked to reaffirm gay marriage ...

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    California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot following Prop. 8 concerns about the state constitution.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Hollingsworth v. Perry - Wikipedia

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    Hollingsworth v. Perry was a series of United States federal court cases that re-legalized same-sex marriage in the state of California. The case began in 2009 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, which found that banning same-sex marriage violates equal protection under the law.

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

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    The definition in California's current Constitution dates to 2008, when voters approved a ban on same-sex marriage with Proposition 8. That has since been overturned in court, and liberal ...

  9. LGBTQ rights in California - Wikipedia

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    The Marriage Recognition and Family Protection Act also established that a same-sex marriage performed outside the state is recognized as "marriage" if it occurred before Proposition 8 took effect. This category also includes same-sex marriages performed before same-sex marriage became legal in California. [32]