As California’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris refused to defend Proposition 8, which voters passed in 2008, banning same-sex marriage. When Prop 8 was struck down in 2013, then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris ordered clerks across the state to start issuing marriage licenses. “Is this the clerk in Los Angeles? This is Kamala Harris,” she said to the Los Angeles County clerk on a phone call. “You must start marriages immediately. You must start the marriages immediately. OK, that’s wonderful. Thank you. Have a good day, and enjoy it. It’s going to be fun.” The two videos below show both sides of that now-famous exchange.
With all the old Kamala Harris clips going around, I’m surprised this one hasn’t popped up more: Harris ordering the LA clerk to begin gay marriages after Prop 8 was halted
Harris has been out front on LGBTQ issues long before many in the party pic.twitter.com/p6AhDbULXA — Pat Rynard (@patrynard) July 22, 2024
The full scene where @KamalaHarris ensured ALL counties in CA began allowing same-sex couples to marry after the Supreme Court ruling in the Prop 8 case. @paulkatami & @Jzpk4equality tied the knot soon after this moment. pic.twitter.com/H3dl0k09hj
— Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) July 23, 2024
Soon after this, Harris officiated the marriage between two of her friends, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier.
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