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Proposition 8 added "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California" to the state constitution. The Supreme Court ruled that viola
by maxlybbert 10y ago
Proposition 8 added "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California" to the state constitution. The Supreme Court ruled that violated the federal Constitution. If California left the US, would that resurrect Proposition 8? How about Proposition 187, which didn't modify the state constitution, but set up a system of state laws that a federal court ruled violated the federal Constitution?
- grzm 10y agoThose are legitimate questions that would have to be answered as part of the national government California would set up. Going back over all of the historical differences between US federal and CA state law. I suspect however, that nothing would revert. If those were important issues to CA citizens after secession, I think it's more likely that such propositions would be reintroduced.