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The passage of Proposition 8 received widespread media coverage over the amendment's effect on the concurrent 2008 presidential and congressional elections, as well as the pre-election effects Proposition 8 had on California's reputation as a historically LGBT-friendly state and the same-sex marriage debate that had started after same-sex ...
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 4 (1911) Passed: Granting women the constitutional right to vote in California. Proposition 7 (1911) Passed: Establishing the constitutional direct democracy powers of initiative and referendum in California. Proposition 8 (1911) Passed: Establishing the constitutional direct democracy power of recall in California. Proposition 14 ...
55 – Passed – California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law Of 1986. 56 – Passed – Higher Education Facilities Bond Act Of 1986. 57 – Passed – Retirement Benefits For Nonjudicial And Nonlegislative Elected State Constitutional Officers. 58 – Passed – Taxation. Family Transfers. 59 – Passed – Elected District Attorney. 60 ...
1 – Passed – State School Building Aid And Earthquake Reconstruction And Replacement Bond Law. 2 – Passed – Charters For Counties And Cities. 3 – Failed – Postsecondary Education Commission Personnel – Civil Service. 4 – Passed – Regents, University Of California. 5 – Passed – Residence Of Local Government Employee.
Strauss v. Horton, 46 Cal. 4th 364, 93 Cal. Rptr. 3d 591, 207 P.3d 48 (2009), was a decision of the Supreme Court of California, the state's highest court.It resulted from lawsuits that challenged the voters' adoption of Proposition 8 on November 4, 2008, which amended the Constitution of California to outlaw same-sex marriage.
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 ...
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