California Will Move To Protect Same-Sex Marriage

The Associated Press reports:

California, a U.S. trendsetter for progressive policies and a state where the current governor once made news issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in San Francisco before it was legal, will attempt to enshrine marriage equality in the state constitution.

The effort comes 15 years after a voter-approved initiative, called Proposition 8, banned the state from recognizing same-sex marriages. The constitutional amendment is still on the books, however, and that worries advocates who think the high court may revisit the 2015 case that legalized gay marriage nationwide.

“It’s absolute poison, it is so destructive and it’s humiliating that this is in our constitution,” said Democrat Scott Wiener, a state senator who represents San Francisco.

Read the full article. Last year Wiener was the target of multiple death threats. In September 2022, an anti-vax man was found guilty of such threats and of gun charges.

California will try to enshrine right to same-sex marriage in state constitution (from @AP) #LGBTQ https://t.co/FecqmH5YVF

— David Crary (@CraryAP) February 14, 2023