Recent orders
the ballot initiative Proposition 8 which had prohibited same-sex marriage was overturned by the decision by the Court to legalize same-sex marriage in California on the pretext that prohibiting same-sex marriage violates equal protection under the law. Proposition 8 amended the California Constitution by defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman
thus reversing the California Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage in 2008 (Subat 5). Proposition 8 was overturned in 2010 by Vaugh Walker
the battle for same-sex marriage had been decades in the making until 2003 when Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in the state in the case of Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health (Pedrioli 515). As such
Massachusetts is the first state to permit marriage between gay and lesbian couples in 2004. Over time
Baker V. Nelson (1972) is the earliest same-sex marriage case that the Supreme Court reviewed. However
the couple’s attempt to secure a marriage license in Minneapolis was declined and their case was also dismissed by both Minneapolis Supreme Court and the Supreme Court. Since then