Same-sex marriage became legal in California after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling in 2013. This issue appears to be settled in California, following several state and federal court rulings and a voter initiative that was later ruled unconstitutional.

Jun 26, 2015 · Same-sex marriage supporters rejoice outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday after the U.S Supreme Court handed down a ruling regarding same-sex marriage.

In California, on January 1, 2015, California amended Family Code 300 and repealed Family Code 308.5 and recognized same sex marriage. The California legislature also created Family Code 308 which recognized same-sex marriages created outside of California so long as it was valid in the state the marriage was created or contracted.

California’s ban on gay marriage, which was based on a law passed in 1977 and a statewide initiative in 2000, had limited a formal marriage to a man and a woman.

This timeline looks at the history of Proposition 8, California’s voter-approved ban against same-sex marriage that is in front of the U.S Supreme Court.

Dozens of gay couples were married Monday after a historic ruling making California the second state to allow same-sex nuptials went into effect.

However, they are not likely to lean towards legalizing gay marriage in the immediate future. In California, gay marriages are no longer recognized. While, the state does not recognize new marriages in the LGBT community, is does grant the rights of marriage to same sex unions.

GETTING MARRIED IN CALIFORNIA. Same-sex couples have had the freedom to marry in California since 2013, when the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal in Hollingsworth v. Perry. This reinstated the trial court ruling invalidating Proposition 8, which had stripped same-sex couples of the freedom to marry.

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2013: Gay marriage permanently legalized in California. Marriage equality advocates bring a lawsuit against Proposition 8, which is first tried at the District Court, followed by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and finally the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 in Hollingsworth v.