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2 days ago · Proposition 8, known informally as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage; it passed in the November 2008 California state elections and was later overturned in court.
2 days ago · Before the passage of Proposition 8, California was only the second U.S. state (after Massachusetts) to legalize same-sex marriage. Those marriages granted under the laws of other state governments, foreign and domestic, were legally recognized and retained state-level rights since 2008.
Jul 16, 2024 · In November 2008, California's voters approved Proposition 8, an amendment to the state constitution that sought to restore a prior opposite-sex-couple limitation on marriage; but following its adoption, several lawsuits were filed that challenged the validity of the amendment, under various state constitutional provisions.
4 days ago · Kamala Harris, then a U.S. senator, takes part in the San Francisco Pride Parade in 2018. As California attorney general, she refused to defend Prop 8, which banned same-sex marriage, in court.
Jul 11, 2024 · The measure repeals the language of Proposition 8, passed by voters in 2008, and amends the Constitution to say simply, “The right to marry is a fundamental right.” It will be listed on the Nov. 5 ballot as Proposition 3.
Jun 29, 2024 · Prop 8 Opponents at November 15th March. Photo credit: Rick Greenblatt. Updated December 4, 2008 — Though heterosexual, I was both saddened and angered at the passage of Prop 8. In...
Jul 2, 2024 · “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California,” the amendment, known in the 2008 election as Proposition 8, said very simply.
