When was gay marriage legalized in california?

On September 2, 2005, the California Senate approved the bill 21-15 and on September 6, the California State Assembly followed suit with a vote of 41-35, making California's Legislature the first in the nation to approve a same-sex marriage bill without court pressure. read more

In June 2006, the California Supreme Court ruled that the ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional on the basis of equal protection in In re Marriage Cases. For the brief period from June 2008 until November 2008, California was allowing same-sex marriages. read more

GETTING MARRIED IN CALIFORNIA. Same-sex couples have had the freedom to marry in California since 2013, when the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal in Hollingsworth v. Perry. This reinstated the trial court ruling invalidating Proposition 8, which had stripped same-sex couples of the freedom to marry. read more