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The World After Proposition 8 - A Global Survey of the Right to Marry
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02 | 01 | 2010
The California International Law Journal
Same-sex couples in California have experienced a roller coaster of joyous hope and bitter disappointment in recent times. In May 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that the right to marry must be made available to all couples, regardless of sexual orientation. Over 18,000 samesex couples tied the knot, many of whom had been together for decades . . . The joy felt on their historic and long-awaited wedding day echoed throughout the State. In the months that followed, thousands of couples were married. Friends and families celebrated. The world watched. This joy was short-lived, however. In November 2008, 52.3% of California voters rescinded the equal right to marry by passing Proposition 8, which added these words to California’s Constitution: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”
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