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California Ends Gay Couples' Exclusion From Marriage
After decades of public education, advocacy, political leadership, and progress on LGBT issues in California, on May 15, 2008 the California Supreme Court ruled in In Re: Marriage Cases to uphold the freedom to marry. As of June 16, 2008 at 5pm, same-sex couples can receive marriage licenses from the state of California.
At the same time, an anti-marriage initiative which qualified for the November 2008 ballot is proposing to write marriage discrimination into the state constitution and take away equality and fairness in California. Learn how to protect marriage in California.
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California Majority Supports Marriage Equality
Equality for All is working to protect marriage by leading the fight against an anti-marriage initiative on the November 2008 ballot in California. This statewide coalition of LGBT and civil rights organizations, labor and business, straight and gay, is determined to defeat any attempts to write discrimination into our constitution.
The must see video that says it all. Let this moving short show you how, and why we need to spark conversations about the freedom to marry for gay and lesbian couples across California. (Link)
Read the CA Supreme Court decision for In Re Marriage Cases which upheld the freedom to marry in California. (concludes at p.120)
The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law released a new research study analyzing the economic gains, an approximate $64 million boost in direct spending over the next three years, that same-sex couples' weddings will bring to California. (Link)
