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• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• TEXAS JUDGE FIGHTS TO NY WEDDG CEREMONI TO GAY UPL

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

The first lawsus volvg same-sex marriage, also lled gay marriage, started the 1970s, brgg the qutn of civil marriage rights for same-sex upl to public attentn. Del Mart and Phyllis Lyon bee the first gay uple to marry and receive official regnn after beg together for 50 years.

Thirty-seven stat have legalized gay marriage, wh rtrictns Kansas, Missouri, and Alabama. 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.

GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE

Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said.

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. 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state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to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.

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

Eric Gay/AP. Two gay stunts at the Universy of Mnota wanted to marry, but were told no by the unty clerk bee they were men. Liz Cheney of Wyomg -- a break om her past stance on the issue, which publicly put her at odds wh her parents and sister, who is gay.

"I've ma clear my support for gay marriage years ago. Montana Supreme Court l that the gay and lbian partners of Montana Universy employe have the same right to health surance benefs as their heterosexual unterparts.

TEXAS JUDGE FIGHTS TO NY WEDDG CEREMONI TO GAY UPL

Arizona be the first state to reject at the ballot box a state nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage and other benefs for unmarried upl. Michigan appeals urt l that state’s ban on gay marriage prohibs state and lol ernments and public universi om offerg health benefs to partners same-sex relatnships. Massachetts lawmakers uphold the state’s urt-imposed gay marriage law, protectg om nstutnal ban for at least five years.

California Supreme Court hears oral arguments se termg whether the state’s domtic partnership law aquately fulfills the equal rights of gay upl.