In June of 2008 the California Supreme Court ruled that the state could "no longer bar same-sex couples from marriage". This source equates the ruling to the US Supreme Court ruling in 1969 that ruled a ban on interracial marriage was unconstitutional. That was the case of Loving v. Virginia. Before Mildred Loving died last year, she gave a "rare public statement" in support of the same sex couples in California wishing to marry. The issue does not end there due to a state initiative on the ballot this past November (the results of which I will need to research). It is noted that the initiative would "override the (court) decision".
(Source: "Historic win for lesbian and gay couples in California" by Matt Coles. Civil Liberties: the American Civil Liberties Union National Newsletter dated Summer of 2008).
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