California Quote by Gavin Newsom

Traditionally, marriage is one arena where states have all but plenary power; it took until 1967 for the Supreme Court to tell states they…

— Jeff Greenfield

It's ludicrous that my friends in California aren't able to legally get married. It's a civil rights issue. In 20 years we're going to…

— Busy Philipps

After years of struggle, the U.S. Supreme Court today has made same-sex marriage a reality in California ... I have directed the California Department…

— Jerry Brown

“In 1967, almost 100 years later, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Loving v Virginia that the Constitution prohibited state laws against interracial marriage.”

— Susan Denning

We are delighted with today’s State Supreme Court ruling allowing marriage equality in California. It is a true testament to advancing equality and to…

— Karen Bass

There are still states that have not evolved so much as California, that still skimp on recognition and, even worse, the rights of immigrants.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

Allowing gay marriages isn't nearly the gayest thing about California.

— Anonymous

The United States is a rogue state violating international law in many, many ways that California wouldn't have to if it seceded and became…

— David Swanson

Marriage has been defined by every legislature that has ever sat in the United States from every State, now 50 States, the same way,…

— Jeff Sessions

A lot of the public responses are based on the prejudices and ignorance, they've been inherited from previous generations. California has always been a…

— Luis Valdez

California is a great big nation of one They never knew what they wanted 'til it was already gone

— Zooey Deschanel

When I got married, my marriage was illegal in 17 states because my husband had a different skin color than I did. And we…

— Tyne Daly