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Jun 26, 2013 · Between the Lines of the. the Proposition 8 Opinion. By refusing to decide Hollingsworth v. Perry directly, the justices have paved the way for a return of same-sex marriage for California couples. The decision, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and joined by Justices Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer and Elena ...
Jun 19, 2013 · But the door that had been opened to same-sex couples slammed shut in November 2008, when voters passed Proposition 8. The measure, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, passed with 52 percent of the vote. Same-sex marriage advocates immediately filed challenges with the California Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case ...
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Nov 28, 2023 · Much of today's anti-LGBTQ rhetoric – including from new House Speaker Mike Johnson – was also behind Prop. 8, the 2008 ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in California. We talk with the plaintiffs whose lawsuit culminated in a judge striking down Prop. 8 – and look back on trial video, now available for the very first time.
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Feb 7, 2012 · LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday threw out a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage passed in 2008, upholding a lower court’s ruling that the ban, known as Proposition 8 ...
Nov 30, 2012 · Nov. 4, 2008: California voters pass Proposition 8 -- which amends the state Constitution to ban gay marriage -- with about 52% of the vote. A 2000 ballot initiative banning gay marriage ...
Aug 24, 2012 · The target of the lawsuit was the statewide ban on gay marriage — “Proposition 8” — that California voters had approved in 2008. The lawers and their clients, two same-sex couples, won nearly everything they sought two years ago this month, in a sweeping decision in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The district judge struck down ...
Jun 5, 2012 · FINAL UPDATE 2:05 p.m. (A response to a reader question was added at 2:25 p.m.) ————-The Ninth Circuit Court refused on Tuesday to reconsider the decision in February striking down California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages in the state. The Court, however, put the case o
