Last week, the state senate voted in favor of a same-sex marriage bill. This week, the State Assembly approved the measure. This makes
While the bill’s supporters compared it to such past civil-rights victories as the effort to end slavery, opponents repeatedly brought up the vote five years ago to approve Proposition 22, which prohibits California from recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states or countries.
Vermont began offering civil unions in 2000 and Massachusetts’ highest court ruled in 2003 that the state constitution guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry, paving the way for the country’s first state-sanctioned, same-sex weddings, which began taking place in May 2004.
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Hey, isn’t it cool that GV has stores in both states that have legalized same-sex marriage? There have been efforts to overturn it here in Massachusetts but so far we’ve held strong. Hopefully the same will be true for California!
I hope so too!
More reasons why there should be GV stores in every state. Sex-positivity and human rights for all!