Proposition 8

…2008, when California’s voters approved Proposition 8, a statewide ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage. As a result of the proposition, a new amendment was added to the state constitution specifying that only marriage between a man and a woman would be recognized by the state. Several lawsuits challenging the…

court’s ruling that California’s Proposition 8, which had amended the state’s constitution to define marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman, was unconstitutional.

…in California passed a referendum, Proposition 8, that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Proposition 8 subsequently was ruled unconstitutional in federal district court in August 2010 on the grounds that the prohibition of same-sex marriage violated the due process and equal protection clauses. Although…