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Bookmark or Share- Background - California CourtsCalifornia voters approved Proposition 8, a state ballot initiative, at the November 4, 2008, statewide election. Proposition 8 added a new section to the state Constitution which provides that "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
- Same-sex marriage in California - WikipediaThe ballot initiative, Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment titled Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry Act, [8] appeared on the California general election ballot on November 4, 2008 and passed with a 52% majority.
- Inside the Trial That Overturned California's Same-Sex Marriage BanProposition 8 passed with 52% of the vote, eliminating a right that had been granted to gay and lesbian couples by the California Supreme Court less than six months earlier. Anti-gay tropes on trial.
- 2008 California Proposition 8 - WikipediaProposition 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.
- Proposition 8 is passed in California, banning same‑sex marriageProposition 8, which “provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California,” passed 52% to 48%, by a margin of about 600,000 votes.
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