LGBT in California

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 91. Chapters: Gay villages in California, LGBT history in California, LGBT rights in California, LGBT topics in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Castro, San Francisco, West Hollywood, California, Guerneville, California, California Proposition 8, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Same-sex marriage in California, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Domestic partnership in California, Post-election events of Proposition 8, Strauss v. Horton, Folsom Street Fair, Halloween in the Castro, Murder of Gary Matson and Winfield Mowder, Protests against Proposition 8 supporters, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, San Francisco Pride, In re Marriage Cases, Murder of Gwen Araujo, Hillcrest, San Diego, California Proposition 22, Empowering Spirits Foundation, History of marriage in California, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Personal Rights in Defense and Education, Briggs Initiative, San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, Touro University Gay-Straight Alliance, Frameline Film Festival, Freedom Band of Los Angeles, Castro Camera, Castro Theatre, Best In Drag Show, San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center, Equality California, Black Cat Tavern, The Patch, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Rainbow Motorcycle Club, Courage Campaign, Barney's Beanery, Castro Street Fair, Council on Religion and the Homosexual, Lavender Heights, Sacramento, California, San Francisco LGBT Community Center, Up Your Alley Fair, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, The Alameda, Outfest, Lambda Archives of San Diego, Pink Saturday, At The Beach LA, Broadway Corridor, Long Beach, California, Consenting Adult Sex Bill, Doom Book, LA/Valley Pride. Excerpt: Proposition 8 (or the California Marriage Protection Act) was a ballot proposition and constitutional amendment passed in the November 2008 state elections. The measure added a new provision, Section 7.5 of the Declaration of Rights, to the California Constitution, which provides that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." By restricting the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples, the proposition overturned the California Supreme Court's ruling of In re Marriage Cases that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. The wording of Proposition 8 was precisely the same as that which had been found in Proposition 22, which, as an ordinary statute, had been invalidated by the State Supreme Court. California's State Constitution put Proposition 8 into immediate effect the day after the election. The proposition did not affect domestic partnerships in California, nor same-sex marriages performed before November 5, 2008. Proponents of the constitutional amendment argued that exclusively heterosexual marriage was "an essential institution of society," that leaving the constitution unchanged would "result in public schools teaching our kids that gay marriage is okay," and that "gays ... do not have the right to redefine marriage for everyone else." Opponents argued that "the freedom to marry is fundamental to our society," that the California constitution "should guarantee the same freedom and rights to everyone" and that the proposition "mandates one set of rules for gay and lesbian couples and another set for everyone else." They also argued that "equality under the law is a fundamental constitutional guarantee" (see Equ...