California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books. Voters uld remove next year. - The San Diego Unn-Tribune

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• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
• MISS CALIFORNIA SPARKS FUROR WH GAY MARRIAGE COMMENTS ON MISS USA TELEST
• MISS CALIFORNIA SPARKS OUTRAGE OVER GAY MARRIAGE REMARKS
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• MISS CALIFORNIA: CHAMPN OF FERALISM ON GAY MARRIAGE?
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR.
• PEREZ HILTON WAS 'SHOCKED' BY MISS CALIFORNIA'S GAY-MARRIAGE ANSWERCARRIE PREJEAN SAYS HER RPONSE WAS 'SPOKEN OM MY HEART, OM MY BELIEFS AND FOR MY GOD.'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ERIC DZIANAPRIL 21, 2009/1:54 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ERIC DZIANAPRIL 21, 2009 / 1:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PEREZ HILTON WAS 'SHOCKED' BY MISS CALIFORNIA'S GAY-MARRIAGE ANSWER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-04-21T17:54:48.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-04-21T17:54:48.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ERIC DZIAN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN A CELEBRY BLOGGER AND A BETY-PAGEANT NTTANT STARTED SUNDAY AT THE MISS USA PETN, WHEN PEREZ HILTON ASKED MISS CALIFORNIA CARRIE PREJEAN IF MORE STAT SHOULD LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. PREJEAN STATED HER OPN THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON TUDAY (APRIL 21), THE FD NTUED AS BOTH HILTON AND PREJEAN TOOK TO THE TV WORKS TO FEND THEIR POSNS -- AND CRICIZE EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I FIRST HEARD HER ANSWER, I WAS SHOCKED, BEE I THOUGHT HAVG BEEN OM CALIFORNIA, A STATE THAT RECENTLY PASSED [ARTICLE ID="1598748"]PROPOSN 8[/ARTICLE] OUTLAWG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUTN," HILTON SAID ON CBS' "THE EARLY SHOW." "THERE ARE VAR OTHER WAYS SHE ULD HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUTN AND STILL STAYED TE TO HERSELF WHOUT ALIENATG LNS OF PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HILTON WENT ON TO SUGGT ONE SUCH ANSWER: "AS A FUTURE MISS USA, IS MY JOB NOT TO BE A POLICIAN BUT TO BE SOMEONE WHO REPRENTS AND SPIR THE WOMEN AND THE TROOPS, AND I THK 'S GREAT THAT THE STAT GET TO CI FOR THEMSELV."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HILTON MATAED THAT PREJEAN'S ANSWER, WHICH SHE AWKWARDLY ENDORSED "OPPOSE MARRIAGE," DID NOT ST HER THE CROWN AND THAT WAS "VERY " TO SAY DURG TERVIEWS THAT SHE FELT LIKE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON NBC'S "TODAY" SHOW, PREJEAN STOOD BY HER ANSWER, SAYG SHE HAD "SPOKEN OM MY HEART, OM MY BELIEFS AND FOR MY GOD" AND NEVER MEANT TO OFFEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I HEARD OM HIM, I KNEW AT THAT MOMENT AFTER I HAD ANSWERED THE QUTN, I KNEW THAT I WAS NOT GOG TO W BEE OF MY ANSWER," SHE NTUED. "IT'S NOT ABOUT BEG POLILLY RRECT. FOR ME WAS BEG BIBLILLY RRECT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEAD TO TO FD A MUNY WHERE YOU, YOUR IENDS AND YOUR FAVORE CELEBRI N GET RMED, GET HEARD AND TAKE ACTN ON THE ISSU THAT MATTER TO YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• MISS CALIFORNIA: THE ANTI-GAY-MARRIAGE MARTYR EXTENDS HER 15 MUT
• MISS CALIFORNIA APPEARS ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE AD

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

The measure put gay and lbian marriag on hold the state, but a feral appeals urt 2010 emed Proposn 8 unnstutnal. The se ma s way to the US Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal 2013 over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg private parti did not have standg to fend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned wedlock. 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.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

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. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage.

Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years later. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years 2020, Nevada beme the first state to ensure the right to same-sex marriage s state nstutn.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR

Miss North Carola Kristen Dalton was crowned Miss USA on Sunday, but the big story to e out of the normally polics-ee telest was Miss California's ments regardg gay asked by judge Perez Hilton, an openly gay gossip blogger, whether she believed gay marriage, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, said "We live a land where you n choose same-sex marriage or oppose. "It's ugly, " said Stt Ihrig, a gay man, who attend the pageant wh his partner.

MISS CALIFORNIA SPARKS FUROR WH GAY MARRIAGE COMMENTS ON MISS USA TELEST

Look around this dience and tell me how many gay men there are. The entry scribed havg "aloooot of fun" at a base that ho the notor ary prison; was later leted om the pageant's Web TARTS: More on Miss California's "gay marriage answer" wner, Miss North Carola Kristen Dalton, a 22-year-old aspirg motivatnal speaker and entertaer om Wilmgton, edged out first nner-up Miss California, and send nner-up Miss Arizona USA Alicia-Monique Blan, of Phoenix. The nttant last night, California's Carrie Prejean, was too articulate the mds of many and led to some flarg tempers (siar to Janeane Garofalo's flare-up on Keh Olbermann's show the other night) qutn posed to the nttant uldn't be any more cendiary: gay judge Perez Hilton to Prejean, "Vermont recently beme the 4th state to legalize same-sex marriage.

Further, she rmed the entertament se that her sister is a gay rights activist the Air Force. I love you bee you stood up for what was right, and ’s not a matter of beg gay or not gay, ’s a matter of you petg for Miss USA and gettg a qutn and answerg to the bt of your abily.

MISS CALIFORNIA SPARKS OUTRAGE OVER GAY MARRIAGE REMARKS

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CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

The lear of one gay rights group replied, “Contrary to Miss California’s claim, people n’t choose, gay and lbian upl don’t have a choice except a handful of stat. Given the ntext of her remarks, and I haven’t heard her clarify exactly what she meant by “Amerins, ” seems plsible that Prejean was simply givg a thumbs-up to the mocratic procs that has produced one gay-marriage victory, by the Vermont Legislature.

Arguably, she was even referrg to the state urts that enacted gay marriage. Even after the Defense of Marriage Act passed, left untouched state law, simply difyg that the feral ernment wouldn’t be ed as a pawn a battle over gay marriage the stat.

MISS CALIFORNIA: CHAMPN OF FERALISM ON GAY MARRIAGE?

It may be s before a majory of stat regnize a legal tegory tled “gay marriage, ” but ’s pretty safe to say several are movg toward ever-expandg legal rights for gay upl, cludg civil unns – which is gay marriage all but name. An opponent of gay marriage uld e the analogy of puttg a og room-temperature water and slowly heatg the pot until boils the og alive.

This is why I spect a lot of Christian nservativ (a rather poor tchall that fails to note several meangful distctns) are thrilled when a state urt enacts gay marriage – the og jumps the hell out of the water, evolv a thumb and turns off the stove.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR.

I would love to ask Prejean what she thks about the laggg ph to enact a feral ban on gay marriage.

PEREZ HILTON WAS 'SHOCKED' BY MISS CALIFORNIA'S GAY-MARRIAGE ANSWERCARRIE PREJEAN SAYS HER RPONSE WAS 'SPOKEN OM MY HEART, OM MY BELIEFS AND FOR MY GOD.'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ERIC DZIANAPRIL 21, 2009/1:54 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ERIC DZIANAPRIL 21, 2009 / 1:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PEREZ HILTON WAS 'SHOCKED' BY MISS CALIFORNIA'S GAY-MARRIAGE ANSWER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-04-21T17:54:48.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-04-21T17:54:48.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ERIC DZIAN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN A CELEBRY BLOGGER AND A BETY-PAGEANT NTTANT STARTED SUNDAY AT THE MISS USA PETN, WHEN PEREZ HILTON ASKED MISS CALIFORNIA CARRIE PREJEAN IF MORE STAT SHOULD LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. PREJEAN STATED HER OPN THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON TUDAY (APRIL 21), THE FD NTUED AS BOTH HILTON AND PREJEAN TOOK TO THE TV WORKS TO FEND THEIR POSNS -- AND CRICIZE EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I FIRST HEARD HER ANSWER, I WAS SHOCKED, BEE I THOUGHT HAVG BEEN OM CALIFORNIA, A STATE THAT RECENTLY PASSED [ARTICLE ID="1598748"]PROPOSN 8[/ARTICLE] OUTLAWG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUTN," HILTON SAID ON CBS' "THE EARLY SHOW." 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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.

MISS CALIFORNIA: THE ANTI-GAY-MARRIAGE MARTYR EXTENDS HER 15 MUT

READ MORE: The Supreme Court Rulgs That Have Shaped Gay Rights AmeriAlso on This Day History November | 4. It’s official: Carrie Prejean, the darlg of nservative media punds and the surge of gay marriage advot, has been fired as Miss California USA.

Prejean’s termatn, acrdg to pageant officials, had nothg to do wh the anti-gay-marriage ments that tapulted her om bety queen to polil mentator.

MISS CALIFORNIA APPEARS ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE AD

None of this would be happeng right now if I had jt said, ‘Yeah, gays should get married, ’ ” she told add that was unjt. ”The move was the latt twist a story that mix urt trigue wh the machatns of realy televisn -- and unrsr what a hot-button issue the qutn of gay marriage has bee.

“No offense to anybody out there, ” she offense was pageant judge who asked the qutn was celebry blogger Perez Hilton, who is gay. After that, the pair engaged a talk-show showdown that went on for sis the fight over gay marriage ed the flap over Prejean to draw attentn to their California USA pageant officials, meanwhile, were censed. The measure put gay and lbian marriag on hold the state, but a feral appeals urt 2010 emed Proposn 8 se ma s way to the US Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal 2013 over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg private parti did not have standg to fend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned lg cleared the way for same-sex marriag the state to rume and Proposn 8 has remaed on the books but unenforced.

Durg the April 20 edn of Fox News' On the Rerd, host Greta Van Steren asked: “Did her gay marriage answer st her the crown? Durg the April 21 edn his Fox News show, Glenn Beck said of the ntroversy: “Whether 's torture, gay marriage, or global warmg, we need to protect the right to speak one's md eely.