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California Proposition 6, informally known as the Briggs Initiative, [1] was an unsuccessful ballot initiative put to a referendum on the California state ballot in the November 7, 1978 election. [2] It was sponsored by John Briggs, a conservative state legislator from Orange County.
In California in 1978, conservative state senator John Briggs sponsored Proposition 6, which would have barred gay and lesbian people from working in a public school. The defeat of this measure, and of an ordinance repeal measure in Seattle, Washington , the same day, stalled the momentum of the repeal forces.
California Proposition 6 may refer to: Briggs Initiative Prop 6 (1978): REJECTED; Proposed ban of gays and lesbians from working in California public schools. California Proposition 6 (1998): PASSED; Felony to kill a horse, donkey or mule for human consumption. California Proposition 6 (2008): REJECTED; Safe Neighborhoods Act and The Runner ...
Proposition 6 was placed on the ballot by California state lawmakers, who supported it with a bipartisan vote. The measure is a Legislative Black Caucus priority bill. Additional supporters ...
And if Proposition 6 had passed, prisoners still would have been able to work on a voluntary basis. This system needs to be changed. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has ...
Proposition 6 (1978) Defeated: Barring homosexuality in the public school system. Proposition 13 (1978) Passed: Significant property tax reduction and limits; imposing 2/3 vote requirement of the Legislature for state taxes and 2/3 voter approval requirement for local special taxes. Proposition 65 (1986) Passed: Notification of hazardous materials.
Proposition 6 is a measure that would have amended California’s Constitution to “bar slavery in any form and repeal a current provision allowing involuntary servitude,” the latter being the ...
1 – Failed – State School Building Aid Bond Law of 1978. 2 – Passed – Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978. 3 – Failed – Taxation Exemption – Alternative Energy Systems. 4 – Passed – City Charters – Boards of Education. 5 – Passed – Administrative Agencies. 6 – Passed – Sheriffs.