id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_yr6yeirv4zaerikvwebirwqoja M. Katherine B. Darmer Moving Beyond the 'Immutability Debate' in the Fight for Equality After Proposition 8 2008 46 .pdf application/pdf 22283 1699 61 fundamental right,9 but also that sexual orientation is a suspect classification for equal protection purposes under the California constitution. Of course, Proposition 8 partially undid the court's holding by amending the state constitution to provide that "only marriage between a man Marriage Cases: The Fundamental Right to Marry and Equal Protection Under the California Constitution and the Effects of Proposition 8, 36 HASTINGS CONST. the California Supreme Court's 2008 Marriage Cases decision, which declared sexual orientation a suspect classification, eschewed the "immutability" debate, and mandated marriage equality for all Californians.34 in overturning Texas anti-sodomy law); Romer, 517 U.S. at 625-26 (noting that the Colorado Supreme Court rejected an amendment to the Colorado constitution that banned In the Marriage Cases, the court held that Proposition 22 was unconstitutional on both due process and equal protection grounds under the California constitution because the State failed to meet its burden of ./cache/work_yr6yeirv4zaerikvwebirwqoja.pdf ./txt/work_yr6yeirv4zaerikvwebirwqoja.txt