California's Proposition 8 was put to a public referendum on election day in November 2008.
It began as a petition sponsored by ultra-conservative groups in response to a 2008 decision by the California State Supreme Court ordering the state to permit same-sex couples to marry.
June 2008
Andrew Pugno wrote California Proposition 8 (2008).
Specifically, the proposition 8 (2008) in California which bans gay marriage applies only to California. Other states have had different proposition 8's which deal with different matters, and California has had different proposition 8's in different years.
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church in California supported Proposition 8.
Proposition 8 was written in 2008 by Andrew Pugno.
It did pass.
California's Proposition 8 amendment is the restriction of recognizing same-sex marriages. It was voted on and passed in November of 2008. As of 2012, this proposition is still under appeal.
Barack Obama publicly opposed California's Proposition 8, as well as North Carolina's Amendment 1.Barack Obama supports the legalization of same-sex marriage and opposed California's Proposition 8.
Proposition 8 was a ballot proposition that became an amendment in November 2008. This proposition eliminates the rights for same sex marriage. In 2010, a federal judge declared it to be unconstitutional and had it removed.
Proposition 8 was put to a vote in California one time and one time only: on November 5, 2008.
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8 was the gay marriage protection act and 115 was the crimes victims justice report act
No. Same-sex couples could already marry in California when Proposition 8 was voted on. Proposition 8 asked if the state constitution of California should be amended to take away the right of same-sex couples to marry.