The ballot measure repeals Proposition 8, which California voters approved in 2008 to define marriage as between a man and a woman in the state's constitution, stripping same-sex couples of the legal right to marry.
One huge missed opportunity that Obama had during his 2nd term, was not codifying it nation-wide when the landmark Supreme Court ruling happened in 2015.
Codifying shit makes sure things won’t be fucked with and if it’s fucked with, it’s a hell of a battle. Instead of this see-saw shit where one party comes in, legalizes it, another comes in, bans it, another party comes in, legalizes it and so on.
It’s a start.
One huge missed opportunity that Obama had during his 2nd term, was not codifying it nation-wide when the landmark Supreme Court ruling happened in 2015.
Codifying shit makes sure things won’t be fucked with and if it’s fucked with, it’s a hell of a battle. Instead of this see-saw shit where one party comes in, legalizes it, another comes in, bans it, another party comes in, legalizes it and so on.