Strauss v. Horton
Supreme Court of California
46 Cal. 4th 364 (2009)
Relevant factsFree
In California's November 2008 election, voters approved Proposition 8, adding a provision to the state constitution recognizing only heterosexual marriages as valid. Same-sex couples who had married or planned to marry (plaintiffs) sued, arguing the initiative unconstitutionally deprived them of the fundamental right to marry that the court had recognized months earlier in In re Marriage Cases.
IssueFree
Whether a state constitutional amendment declaring only heterosexual marriages lawful and recognizable in the state is valid.