<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_California" id="mwAV0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Same-sex marriage in California">California</a> becomes the second <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" id="mwAV4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Massachusetts" id="mwAV8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" id="mwAWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2004">2004</a> to legalize <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" id="mwAWE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> after the state's own Supreme Court <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Marriage_Cases" id="mwAWI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="In re Marriage Cases">rules a previous ban unconstitutional</a>.<sup about="#mwt64" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_15#cite_note-10" id="mwAWM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAWQ">[10]</span></a></sup>
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