May 15, 2008: California Supreme Court strikes down marriage ban
ON THIS DAY IN 2008… The California Supreme Court upheld a lower-court-ruling that found an eight-year-old ban on same-sex marriage to be...
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- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
April 19, 2009: Marriage debate dominates Miss USA pageant
ON THIS DAY IN 2009... Miss California Carrie Prejean declared her disapproval of same-sex unions during the final round of a national...
- Mar 7, 2021
- 3 min
March 7, 2000: California voters pass gay-marriage ban
ON THIS DAY IN 2000… California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 22, becoming the third state to ban same-sex marriage by a...
- Feb 12, 2021
- 2 min
February 12, 2004: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom defies state law with marriage order
ON THIS DAY IN 2004... San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began marrying gay and lesbian couples at City Hall in defiance of state law. On...
- Feb 7, 2021
- 2 min
February 7, 2012: Federal court upholds Prop 8 ruling
ON THIS DAY IN 2012... A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit upheld a circuit court’s ruling that a gay-marriage ban approved by...
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