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* 2008 – Proposition 8 passes in California, revoking state recognition of LGBT marriages.
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The debate continues unabated – e. g. S. Georg 2004, A. Vovin 2005, S. Georg 2005 ( anti-Altaic ); S. Starostin 2005, V. Blažek 2006, M. Robbeets 2007, A. Dybo and G. Starostin 2008 ( pro-Altaic ).
* 2008 – 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activities.
* 1931 – Ivan Dixon, American actor and director ( d. 2008 )
* 1934 – Guy Peellaert, Belgian artist and photographer ( d. 2008 )
* 1948 – Jeremy Beadle, English television host ( d. 2008 )
* 2008 – Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.
* 1914 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter ( d. 2008 )
* 1923 – Francis Tucker, South African race car driver ( d. 2008 )
* 1932 – Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager ( d. 2008 )
* 1970 – Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer ( d. 2008 )
* 2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d ' état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
* 2008 – Competition in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China proceeded with the women's association football tournament.
* 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer ( d. 2008 )
* 1965 – Mark Speight, English television host ( d. 2008 )
* 1935 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress ( d. 2008 )
* 1976 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor ( d. 2008 )
* 2005 – Caylee Anthony, American murder victim ( d. 2008 )
Bilateral trade with Russia stood at more than $ 700 million for the first nine months of 2010 – on track to rebound to $ 1 billion mark first reached in 2008 prior to the global economic crisis.
Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).
* 2008 – South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
* 1931 – Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer ( d. 2008 )
* 2008 – Jake Warren, Canadian diplomat ( b. 1921 )
* 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer ( d. 2008 )
2008 and Proposition
* 2010 – California's Proposition 8, the ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage passed by the state's voters in 2008, is overturned by Judge Vaughn Walker in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger.
She has advocated for stricter gun control laws and gay rights, and voted against California's Proposition 8 during the 2008 elections.
On February 6, 2008, the Alcatraz Island Global Peace Center Proposition C failed to pass, with 72 % of voters rejecting the proposition.
He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election and opposed Proposition 8, calling it " nothing but hate and discrimination ".
California, which sanctioned same-sex marriages for several months in 2008 and has a ban ( Proposition 8 ) on same-sex marriage that is the subject of litigation, recognizes same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions as equivalent to marriages in all but name.
" The principles established by the Proclamation were cited by Mormons during the campaign of the LDS Church and its members in support of California Proposition 8 ( 2008 ).
Coto de Caza gave more than 65 percent support to Proposition 8 in 2008.
In November 2008, the city of Glasgow voted Yes on Proposition 8, making it legal for restaurants to sell liquor by the drink to the public.
The first award was given in November 2008 to Eric Ehst of the Clean Elections Institute, for his role in defeating Arizona's Proposition 105, which could have imposed a super-majority.
Also, Bond Proposition 2 for the 2008 AISD bond election proposed a new Professional and Technology magnet school to be located at Lincoln Middle School, one of the oldest schools in the city, after a major renovation project.
Also during 2008, California passed Proposition 2, known as the " Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act ", which orders new space requirements for farm animals starting in 2015.
In 2008, Hoppus was vocal about his opposition to Proposition 8 in California and urged Californians to vote against the measure that would ban same-sex marriage.
* California Proposition 5 ( 2008 )
Same-sex marriage opponents in California placed a state constitutional amendment known as Proposition 8 on the November 2008 ballot for the purpose of restoring an opposite-sex definition of marriage.
Proposition 8 was passed on Election Day 2008, as were proposed marriage-limiting amendments in Florida and Arizona.
Obama opposed Proposition 8 — California's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage — in 2008.
( California's Proposition 8 ( 2008 ) violates fundamental right to marry under Loving v. Virginia, violates Due Process and Equal Protection Causes of the Fourteenth Amendment, and illegally discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation.
The reliance of California on state income tax, rather than property tax, due to property taxes being limited by Proposition 13, has been cited as an example of the dangers of an income tax-reliant tax system and a cause of the 2008 – 10 California budget crisis.
Warren and the church supported the 2008 California constitutional amendment Proposition 8, which required the state to recognize only marriage between a man and a woman.
Family Research Council is a member of ProtectMarriage. com, a coalition formed to sponsor California Proposition 8 to restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples only, which passed in 2008 ( but was struck down as unconstitutional by a federal court in California, with the ruling stayed as the case is appealed ).
These legal restrictions include blocking sexual orientation being protected under anti-discrimination laws ( See: Romer v. Evans ), sodomy laws against consenting adults ( See: Lawrence v. Texas ) and constitutional bans against same-sex marriage ( See: California Proposition 8 ( 2008 )).
* Gaskin, R., The Unity of the Proposition, ( Oxford 2008 ).
Glover's support of California Proposition 7 ( 2008 ) led him to use his voice in an automated phone call to generate support for the measure before the election.
He signed his name to a full-page ad in the December 5, 2008 The New York Times that objected to violence and intimidation against religious institutions and believers in the wake of the passage of Proposition 8.
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