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On September 8, 1850, California entered the US as the 31st state of the union. At the time marriage statutes described marriage as "a civil contract to which the consent of the parties is required" [9] with gender specific pronouns applied to "husband" and "wife". Later court decisions and some statutes dating from both statehood and the 1872 ...
1929 – All states now have laws regarding marriage licenses. 1933 – Married women granted right to citizenship independent of their husbands. 1948 – California Supreme Court overturns interracial marriage ban (Perez v. Sharp). 1965 – The Supreme Court overturns laws prohibiting married couples from using contraception (Griswold v.
The history of LGBT residents in California, which includes centuries prior to the 20th, ... On June 16, 2008, same sex marriage became legal in California. On ...
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 ...
The measure asks voters to change the California Constitution to enshrine a "fundamental right to marry" and remove language that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
4 November: A referendum seeking to constitutionally ban same-sex marriages in the U.S. state of California is approved by 52.2% of voters; [102] thus overturning same-sex marriage in California, this event being noteworthy because it was the first time in modern history that same-sex marriage has been overturned.
Some advocates want California to prohibit marriage for people under age 18. But groups including the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have opposed such bans, saying they could undermine minors' rights ...
The world cannot keep its promise to end child marriage by year 2030 if California continues to hold up progress.