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Proposition 8, known informally as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage; it passed in the November 2008 California state elections and was later overturned in court.
The California Supreme Court heard several challenges to Proposition 8 in March 2009, [13] but ultimately upheld the amendment, though the over 18,000 same-sex marriages that were performed before the amendment was passed remained valid. In the wake of Proposition 8's passage, California continued to allow domestic partnerships.
Proposition 8 added "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California" to the California Constitution. [4] Proposition 8 was the most expensive proposition in United States history and sharply divided social conservatives and social liberals, as part of the ongoing American culture wars. The ballot initiative was ...
Proposition 8 (or The Victims' Bill of Rights [1] [2]), a law enacted by California voters on 8 June 1982 by the initiative process, restricted the rights of convicts and those suspected of crimes and extended the rights of victims. To do so, it amended the California Constitution and ordinary statutes.
Proposition 215 (1996) Passed: Legalizing medical marijuana under California law. Proposition 218 (1996) Passed: Right to vote on local taxes; assessment and property-related fee reforms; initiative power expansion in regard to local revenue reduction or repeal. Constitutional follow-up to Proposition 13 (1978). Proposition 22 (2000)
If Proposition 1 is approved by California voters, the bond to build more mental health facilities could cost $14 billion in debt and interest payments. The cost of Prop. 1: Newsom's plan to ...
Here’s how it happened. Mathew Miranda. July 12, 2022 at 8:00 AM. 1 / 2. ... The legacy of Prop. 187. California was not always so welcoming to its undocumented residents. In 1994, voters ...
A worker stocks grocery items at Northgate Market in Los Angeles. California voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state's hourly minimum wage to $18 from $16.