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Efforts are underway to repeal the state constitution’s antiquated same-sex marriage ban, aligning state law with federal rulings and securing rights for the LGBTQ+ community.
They approved Issue 1, a ballot measure enshrining the right.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he would fight an initiative to amend the California constitution to ban same-sex marriage if it qualifies for the November ballot. Schwarzenegger has vetoed bills that would allow gay marriage but said he opposes the sort of amendments that are being proposed by two competing groups. Such amendments are already on the books in 26 states, but the governor said it would be a ''waste of time'' to pursue one in California.
The judge found the policy violated the state constitution by discriminating based on the student’s sex.
It “is unlikely to survive any level of constitutional review,” a state court judge wrote.
An amendment would remove language from the state constitution that states “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”
Millions will now have access to abortion thanks to the passage of state constitutional amendments.
Marriage equality may be settled law, but some states still have discriminatory amendments in their constitutions.
The Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriages are constitutional across the United States of America.
Kalamazoo, Mich., will become the state's first public employer to revoke domestic-partnership benefits in the wake of a 2004 state vote amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
Now that the Constitution State has become the third in the nation to extend marriage equality, what's next?
