Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The marriage certificate appears unremarkable — another piece of government paper. But Mandy Havlik keeps a copy of it as proof of ...

They stood on the steps of the state Capitol, in white bridal gowns and veils, their wrists chained together and their mouths taped shut. They are survivors of forced and child marriages — and they ...

California was close to ending child marriage, a human rights abuse that world leaders have vowed to eliminate by year 2030 to help empower women and girls. That was until Assemblymember Ash Kalra, ...

In 2013, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling nullified California’s controversial Prop 8 — the voter approved state constitutional measure that officially defined marriage as between a man and a woman. But ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif — Proposition 3 will amend the state Constitution to recognize the right to marry, regardless of sex or race, removing language stating that marriage can only be between a man and a ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Twenty years ago, then San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the city to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in what became known as "The Winter of Love." Now ...

This year, California had another opportunity to ban child marriage in the state, but a division inside the Democratic Party is dashing those hopes in a disturbing display of indifference. In February ...

Seventeen years ago today, the California Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling, striking down the state's ban on same-sex ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Same-sex marriage cake toppers are displayed on a shelf at Fantastico in 2017 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) ...