SACRAMENTO, CA - JUNE 17: A same-sex marriage supporter holds a sign before a press conference celebrating the one-year anniversary of a California Supreme Court ruling allowing same-sex marriages in Sacramento, June 17, 2009 in Sacramento, California. On June 16, 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled providing a constitutional right to same-sex marriages went into effect, only later in November for it to be overturned by voters. The courts then announced a ruling on May 19 upholding Proposition 8, which banned gay marriages in California; but also upheld the marriages that had been performed before the proposition passed were still valid. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

SACRAMENTO, CA - JUNE 17: A same-sex marriage supporter holds a sign before a press conference celebrating the one-year anniversary of a California Supreme Court ruling allowing same-sex marriages in Sacramento, June 17, 2009 in Sacramento, California. On June 16, 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled providing a constitutional right to same-sex marriages went into effect, only later in November for it to be overturned by voters. The courts then announced a ruling on May 19 upholding Proposition 8, which banned gay marriages in California; but also upheld the marriages that had been performed before the proposition passed were still valid.

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