California lawmakers are going to try to officially repeal a 15-year-old voter initiative meant to ban same-sex marriage in the state.
Protesters gather on the west steps of the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 22, 2008, to protest the passage of Proposition 8 in the recent election. California lawmakers are going to try to introduce legislation Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, to officially repeal a 15-year-old voter initiative meant to ban same-sex marriage in the state.
The effort comes 15 years after a voter-approved initiative, Proposition 8, banned the state from recognizing same-sex marriages. In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California. The constitutional amendment is still on the books, however, and that worries advocates who think the high court may revisit the 2015 case that legalized gay marriage nationwide.
In the days leading up to Proposition 8′s approval, Low joined opponents of the measure outside his alma mater De Anza College in Cupertino, California, to call on voters to reject the initiative. When it passed, it felt personal to Low, who is gay.Protesters march in front of the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008.
Wiener and Low, the two California lawmakers, hope to replicate the process under which state voters in NovemberJeremy Yancey and Fabio de Andrade, who got married Tuesday at a Valentine's Day celebration at San Francisco City Hall, said Proposition 8's repeal is overdue.
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