California Prop 3: Voters pass Constitutional Right to Marriage amendment to state constitution

(KRON) -- California voters person weighed successful connected Proposition 3, the Constitutional Right to Marriage, a measurement aimed astatine amending the California Constitution. This amendment seeks to region connection from the authorities constitution that defines matrimony solely arsenic a national betwixt a antheral and a woman, afloat recognizing the basal close of individuals to wed whom they love, careless of enactment oregon race.

A "Yes" ballot connected Prop 3 would update connection successful the authorities constitution that the close to wed is cardinal successful California, portion leaving unchanged who tin wed whom. A "No" ballot would support the existing connection successful the constitution that states lone matrimony betwixt a antheral and a pistillate is valid oregon recognized successful the state.

Supporters of Prop 3, including Equality California, reason that the measurement is indispensable for protecting civilian rights for each individuals. They judge that removing discriminatory connection from the California Constitution promotes diverseness and ensures that Californians' civilian rights, including the state to wed without respect to contention oregon gender, are intelligibly upheld.

Opponents, specified arsenic Jonathan Keller, president of the California Family Council, reason that Prop 3 is unnecessary since same-sex matrimony is already ineligible successful California. They judge that revising the connection undermines the instauration of marriage, eliminates boundaries, and could perchance normalize kid marriage, incest, and polygamy.

The measurement would repeal Proposition 8 which was passed by voters successful 2008, supporting a statewide prohibition connected LGBTQ+ marriage. That measurement was nullified successful 2015 erstwhile the United States Supreme Court legalized same-sex matrimony nationwide.

While Prop 8 is not enforceable today, Prop 3 proponents pass that if the Supreme Court were to overturn its 2015 ruling, Prop 8 could again go enforceable, criminalizing same-sex matrimony successful California.

As of predetermination night, Prop 3 is projected to pass, though further ballot counts volition proceed successful the coming days.