Prop 3: Marriage is on California ballot this NovemberVoters will decide whether to replace language in the California Constitution saying marriage is between a man and a woman.
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Published October 3, 2024 • Updated on October 3, 2024 at 2:23 pm
Same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide in 2015.
Proposition 3 would not actually change who is allowed to get married in California but will remove language from the California Constitution saying that marriage is exclusively between a man and a woman.
Here is the background
In 2008, California voters approved Proposition 8, which added language to the state Constitution that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." That ballot measure was approved with 52% support and 48% in opposition.
The Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015, but the language remained in the California Constitution although it no longer applied.
Those who support the proposition argue that removing this part of the Constituion will protect same-sex and interracial marriage if the Supreme Court ever sought to overturn past decisions such as Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide and Loving v. Virginia (1967) which legalized interracial marriage nationwide.
Opponents are calling the ballot measure vague, saying removing any definition for what marriage is will get rid of all standards and allow child marriage, incest and polygamy. The new language would say that "the right to marry is a fundamental right."----------
