The people of the State Of California passed a ballot initiative Prop-8..which outlawed so called “gay” so called marriage some moons ago. It was ruled unconstitutional
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201303221630/c
Prop 8
Perry v. Schwarzenegger was decided in District Court, never higher ... so it has no legal authority outside of that court.
Hollingsworth v. Perry ... court never ruled on the central issue of the case.
If people have questions the actual text of both the majority and minority opinions in these cases are available online.
“Justice Kennedy, writing for the minority, said the views of the California Supreme Court on the proponents’ standing should have been respected,[10] because “the basic premise of the initiative process [and] the essence of democracy is that the right to make ...”