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

Contents:

• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• CLARENCE THOMAS: COURT ‘SHOULD RENSIR’ GAY MARRIAGE, BIRTH NTROL
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• EFFORTS TO REPEAL VIRGIA'S GAY MARRIAGE BAN TT STATE'S PROGRSIVE CREDIBILY

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

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state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to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. Y., the first openly gay Ao-Lato member of Congrs, prid over the Rpect for Marriage Act would tablish that a marriage is nsired valid unr feral law if was legal the state where was performed.

Supreme Court as hears arguments a major LGBT rights se on whether a feral anti-discrimatn law that prohibs workplace discrimatn on the basis of sex vers gay and transgenr employe Washgton, October 8, 2019.

CLARENCE THOMAS: COURT ‘SHOULD RENSIR’ GAY MARRIAGE, BIRTH NTROL

Supreme Court Jtice Clarence Thomas lled for his lleagu to re-exame and potentially overturn lgs that protect gay marriage and accs to birth ntrol an opn ncurrg wh Friday’s landmark cisn endg feral abortn rights. Texas, that forbids stat om outlawg nsensual gay sex, and Obergefell v. Hodg cisn legalized gay marriage Photo/Cliff Owen).

Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage. 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 ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

5, 2022Follow our live verage of the Supreme Court heargs that ps ee speech agast gay rights. Nightclub his state, which five people were killed, unrsred the importance of fendg the rights of gay Amerins. Lee tried and failed to attach chang to the bill that he said would more strongly protect relig Colls phed back, notg that the bill had received strong backg om fah-based groups, cludg the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, which historilly has aggrsively opposed gay rights.

California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years later.

Stt Wiener (D-San Francis), an out gay man and one of 11 primary -sponsors om both chambers, said durg bate on the proposed amendment.

EFFORTS TO REPEAL VIRGIA'S GAY MARRIAGE BAN TT STATE'S PROGRSIVE CREDIBILY

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.

Dpe gay Tmp supporters’ sperate attempts to nvce the LGBTQ muny that Barrett wouldn’t e her posn on the urt to unrme or overturn marriage equaly, the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage, a relig right hate group that led the charge agast marriage equaly, didn’t get the memo.