California gay rights
Proposition 8 is passed in California, banning same-sex marriage
Proposition 8, which “provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or commended in California,” passed 52% to 48%, by a margin of about 600,000 votes. The proposition was opposed by a broad coalition including major corporations such as PG&E and Apple; a litany of civil rights, social justice and community-based organizations; a dozen unions; both sitting U.S. Senators, 16 congressional representatives and the sitting governor; and seven mayors. Californian voters received robocalls from former president Bill Clinton asking them to vote no on the measure, while actors from the television show “Ugly Betty” argued in Spanish-language TV spots that voting no “is not about existence gay or straight,” but “about existence American.”
The Protect Marriage campaign supporting Proposition 8 constantly invoked the “far-reaching consequences” of legal same-sex attracted marriage, particularly the implication that academy curriculums would be required to educate that gay marriage is “the equal as traditional marriage.” Pollster David Fleischer, in his investigation of the election results, found that the greatest change toward “Yes
LGBTQ+ Discrimination Rights
You contain the right to access and use public accommodations: In the State of California, it is illegal to discriminate against people using public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
You have the right to use the restroom consistent with your gender identity: You have the right to employ the restroom consistent with your gender identity both in public settings, love schools, and at your workplace. As an employee in California, you contain a right to safe and appropriate restroom facilities. Your employer cannot dictate which restroom you use. If your place of employment has single-stall restrooms, they must be labeled as “All Gender,” “Unisex,” “Gender Neutral,” or something similar.
You have the right to rent property without terror of discrimination in California. The federal Fair Housing Proceed prohibits sex discrimination by most landlords and, as the Supreme Court held in 2020 (Bostock v. Clayton County), discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is sex discrimination. Thus, the Fair Employment and Housing Act prohibits discrimina
Proposition 8
California has always been thought of as a progressive state. In general, the west coast is seen as more liberal than the southeastern seaboard. However, events arose surrounding gay rights in 2008 in California that threw its stance as a bastion of liberal progressivism into question. Proposition 8, known colloquially as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment passed in the 2008 California state election. The proposition was created by opponents of same-sex marriage before the California Supreme Court issued its ruling on In re Marriage Cases. This decision found the 2000 ban on queer marriage, Proposition 22, unconstitutional. In the long dash , Prop 8 was dictated unconstitutional by a federal district court in 2010, although that decision did not go into impact until 2013, following the conclusion of Prop 8 advocates' appeals, which went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prop 8 negated the In re Marriages Cases verdict by adding the similar provision as Proposition 22 to the California Constitution, providing that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." As an
Prop 3: Californians pass measure to protect marriage rights for all, ABC News projects
California's Proposition 3, the path to legalizing marriage for same-sex couples, will transfer, ABC News projects.
The path to legalizing marriage for same-sex couples in California has been filled with legal ups and downs since San Francisco first issued marriage licenses in 2004.
After those unions were later ruled invalid, the California Supreme Court legalized marriages for same-sex couples in 2008, but just months later voters in the state passed Proposition 8, which defined marriage between a man and a woman in the state constitution.
The video in the media player above is from a previous report.
Two years later, a federal court ruled Proposition 8 was unconstitutional and then, in 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized marriage for same-sex couples across the country.
But the language placed in the California Constitution by Proposition 8 has never been removed.
State Senator Scott Wiener worries that the U.S. Supreme Court could reverse its 2015 ruling on marriage for same-sex couples much like it reversed Roe v. Wade, which had guaranteed the constitutional right to