California Proposition 22 (2000)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: The Act was proposed by means of the initiative process. It was authored by state Senator William "Pete" Knight and is known informally as the Knight initiative. Voters adopted the measure on March 7, 2000, with 61% in favor to 39% against.[2] The margin of victory surprised many, since a Field Poll immediately prior to the election estimated support at 53%, with 40% against and 7% undecided.[3]The Act added Section 308.5 of the Family Code, which read "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California". Because the Act was an ordinary statute, it could be struck down if it were inconsistent with the state constitution, as happened on May 15, 2008, when the state supreme court, ruling in In re Marriage Cases, declared that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry.[4] This 4–3 decision invalidated Proposition 22 and some related California laws.
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PINAYtration (issue #3), March 2000
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Identifier: PS 508 .F53 P556 NCHC
Scope and Contents
Cover; frontmatter; "from one (1) pinay to (2) another"; "Like Air"; "Motherland"; "censUS 2000" [information on 2000 census provided by the California Asian & Pacific Islander Census 2000 Network]; "An Open Letter"; "Voices of an Asian...Pilipina...American...Woman...of color..."; "speaking in tongues"; "inheritance"; "Now Hear Me Out Loud"; "Untitled" [poem]; "Untitled" [poem]; "No on Knight Prop 22" [2000 California Proposition 22]; "NO on Prop 21, the Anti-Youth Initiative" [2000...
Dates:
March 2000