2008 California Proposition 8

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Proposition 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 but was later overturned by the courts, which found the amendment unconstitutional in comparison to the U.S. Constitution. The proposition was created by opponents of same-sex marriage in advance of the California Supreme Court's May 2008 appeal ruling, In re Marriage Cases, which found the ban in 2000 on same-sex marriage (Proposition 22) unconstitutional. Proposition 8 was ultimately ruled unconstitutional in 2010 by a federal court on different grounds, although the ruling did not go into effect until June 26, 2013, following the conclusion of appeals. Proposition 8 countermanded the May 2008 ruling by adding Proposition 22 wording as an amendment to the California Constitution, providing that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California". It was...

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