Gay marriage: Will CA protect nstutn?- CalMatters

Contents:

• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL CALIFORNIA?
• PROP 8 LG EXPLAED: WHY GAY MARRIAGE WILL RUME CALIFORNIA
• WILL CALIFORNIA PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE S NSTUTN?

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

SACRAMENTO — More than 18 years after Gav Newsom fied feral law by issug marriage licens to same-sex upl as San Francis mayor, Print Bin is on the cp of signg legislatn that ensur gay marriag are regnized by the feral ernment and every state the natn. “As much as this is a very important issue to gay and lbian people who are marriag or look forward to beg marriag, ” Michelson said, “I doubt that is the issue that is gog to be at the top of people’s mds when to future printial rac. 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state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to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. Gav Newsom was out of state, Senate lear Toni Atks (D-San Diego) signed bills to law on his behalf as the first out gay actg ernor. In California, Gay and Lbian upl may legally marry.

Let’s take a closer look at the history of gay marriage laws California, and at where we stand today. A brief history of California gay marriage laws.

IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL CALIFORNIA?

In Febary, San Francis Mayor Gav Newsom allows gay marriage to be officiated wh the cy. Nearly 4, 000 gay upl are married before the California Supreme urt terven the next month, when they are validated. A se regardg the nstutnaly of Proposn 22 reach the California Supreme Court, which l that bans on gay marriage are ed unnstutnal.

2013: Gay marriage permanently legalized California. The proposn is led unnstutnal, as discrimat agast gay and lbian upl. Relig stutns are not required to perform same-sex marriag, though many are welg to gay and lbian upl.

But sce 2013, begng wh the Iapay Natn of San Ysabel, near San Deigo, several have legalized gay marriage. In closg, we have ma immense progrs over the past two s the rights of gay and lbian upl, both on a state and a natnal level.

PROP 8 LG EXPLAED: WHY GAY MARRIAGE WILL RUME CALIFORNIA

The Supreme Court lg on a California law known as Proposn 8 me down to a legal technily but has huge practil effect — rtorg gay marriage the natn’s most populo urt led that proponents of Proposn 8, a ban on gay marriage passed by California voters 2008, did not have the legal right to fend the law the feral Jtice John Roberts, wrg for the urt, said that the proponents — the people who put Proposn 8 on the ballot — had no “personal stake” fendg , at least no more than other ordary cizens of California. To have a se, the standard says, you have to show California Supreme Court led May 2008 that gay upl had a right to marry.

WILL CALIFORNIA PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE S NSTUTN?

Six months later, Proposn 8 passed wh 52 percent of the vote, haltg gay marriage gay upl then sued feral urt to overturn the ban.

The Supreme Court said Wednday that they had no lg was important not jt for what did — clear the way for the rumptn of gay marriage California — but for what didn’t do.

The urt ma no lg on whether there is a nstutnal right to gay marriage. ”The lg was much narrower than the other major Supreme Court cisn on Wednday, which held that gay upl who are legally married their stat are entled to feral benefs. Gav Newsom told NBC News that gay marriage would rume California wh 30 days.