California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books. Voters uld remove next year

UNNSTUTNAL: FERAL COURT OVERTURNS PROPOSN 8, GAY MARRIAGE BAN CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

UNNSTUTNAL: FERAL COURT OVERTURNS PROPOSN 8, GAY MARRIAGE BAN CALIFORNIA

"Proposn 8 fails to advance any ratnal basis sglg out gay men and lbians for nial of a marriage license, " wrote U. Supreme ntroversial ballot measure was lnched rponse to a state supreme urt cisn allowg gays and lbians to wed.

"But Walker found the platiffs the se -- one lbian and one gay uple -- monstrated by "overwhelmg evince" that Proposn 8 vlat their rights to due procs and equal protectn unr the Constutn.

"Moral disapproval alone is an improper basis on which to ny rights to gay men and lbians.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

California Marriage Case Expected for Supreme Court Outsi the urthoe a crowd of maly gay upl broke to celebratn after word of Walker's lg. A California Field poll of registered voters last month found 51 percent support legalizg gay marriage wh 42 percent opposed. Forty-seven percent of Amerins polled favor gay marriage while 50 percent are stat -- Massachetts, Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire -- and the District of Columbia currently perform same-sex marriag.

Wh over 13 ln vot st, California voters approve Proposn 8 on November 4, 2008, amendg the state’s nstutn to ban same-sex months earlier, May 2008, the California Supreme Court had emed the state’s ban on same-sex marriage unnstutnal, makg California the send state the untry to legalize gay marriage. Californian voters received robolls om former print Bill Clton askg them to vote no on the measure, while actors om the televisn show “Ugly Betty” argued Spanish-language TV spots that votg no “is not about beg gay or straight, ” but “about beg Amerin.

”The Protect Marriage mpaign supportg Proposn 8 nstantly voked the “far-reachg nsequenc” of legal gay marriage, particularly the implitn that school curriculums would be required to teach that gay marriage is “the same as tradnal marriage. ” Pollster David Fleischer, his analysis of the electn rults, found that the greatt shift toward “Y” among uncid voters was “among parents wh children unr 18 livg at home—many of them whe Democrats, ” who feared the effects of legal gay marriage on their children’s public tn. READ MORE: The Supreme Court Rulgs That Have Shaped Gay Rights AmeriAlso on This Day History November | 4.

Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U. Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right.