California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot followg Prop. 8 ncerns about the state nstutn.
Contents:
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- WILL CALIFORNIA PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE S NSTUTN?
- GAY RIGHTS AND THE MORMON CHURCH
- CG PROP. 22, GOV. REJECTS GAY MARRIAGE BILL
- PROPOSN 8: WHO GAVE THE GAY MARRIAGE BATTLE?
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
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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state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to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.
WILL CALIFORNIA PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE S NSTUTN?
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.
GAY RIGHTS AND THE MORMON CHURCH
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.
CG PROP. 22, GOV. REJECTS GAY MARRIAGE BILL
Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years later. There’s no ditn, however, that the majory of jtic have much appete to do the same on gay marriage.
PROPOSN 8: WHO GAVE THE GAY MARRIAGE BATTLE?
In January, the Public Policy Instute of California found that a whoppg 75% of likely voters support a policy allowg gay and lbians upl to marry. 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.