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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.
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 ...
8 is a 2011 American play that portrays the closing arguments of Perry v. Schwarzenegger , a federal trial that led to the overturn of Proposition 8 , an amendment banning same-sex marriages in California .
[8] The NOH8 Campaign was created in 2009 as a result of the passage of Proposition 8, which added an amendment to the California Constitution to ban gay marriage. Proposition 8 was effectively overturned in 2013 as a result of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to affirm a lower court's ruling on Perry v. Schwarzenegger. [9]
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.
Perry that declares that supporters of Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban in California, lacked standing to appeal a court's 2010 decision that deemed the ban unconstitutional, thus legalizing same-sex marriage in California. Marriages resumed in the state two days later. [233] 26 June: The Supreme Court issues a ruling in United States v.
8 was written by Dustin Lance Black in light of efforts by the proponents of Proposition 8 to prevent public broadcast of the trial and the release of video recordings from the trial. [63] 8 had its world premiere reading on September 19, 2011 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York City, starring Morgan Freeman and John Lithgow.
On March 24, 2014, Mozilla made the decision to appoint Eich as CEO of Mozilla Corporation. [12] [13] [14] The appointment triggered widespread criticism due to Eich's past political donations [18] – specifically, a 2008 donation of $1,000 to California Proposition 8, which called for the banning of same-sex marriage in California, [19] and donations in the amount of $2,100 to Proposition 8 ...