Warning that the fight for LGBTQ+ rights isn't over, Gov. Gavin Newsom urges voters to approve a ballot measure protecting same-sex marriage in California.
Twenty years after he issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of federal law as mayor of San Francisco, Gov. Gavin Newsom returned to the city on Friday to try to convince voters that the fight for LGBTQ+ rights isn't over. Kicking off Pride Month, the Democratic governor is promoting a measure on the November ballot that would remove language in the state Constitution that still defines marriage as between a man and woman.
That has since been overturned in court, and liberal California remains a leader on LGBTQ+ rights. But the language in Proposition 8 remains on the books. Although there is no current threat to the legality of same-sex marriage, and President Biden signed a bill attempting to safeguard it in 2022, supporters of the measure are taking no chances. They say the outdated language in California's Constitution must be erased for good. State Sen.
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