California Proposition 8
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California Proposition 8 was a 2008 California ballot initiative that sought to ban same-sex marriage by defining marriage as only between a man and a woman in the state constitution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| California Proposition 8 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14957530 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Proposition 8 Context triple: [Prop 8: The Musical, mainSubject, California Proposition 8]
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A.
Goodridge
Goodridge is a surname and place name of English origin that appears as a variant spelling of "Goodrich."
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B.
Hollingsworth v. Perry
Hollingsworth v. Perry was a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that effectively restored same-sex marriage in California by dismissing an appeal over Proposition 8 for lack of standing.
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C.
Defense of Marriage Act
The Defense of Marriage Act was a 1996 U.S. federal law that defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman and allowed states to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.
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D.
United States v. Windsor
United States v. Windsor is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act, advancing federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
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E.
Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell v. Hodges is the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide by ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Proposition 8 Target entity description: California Proposition 8 was a 2008 California ballot initiative that sought to ban same-sex marriage by defining marriage as only between a man and a woman in the state constitution.
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A.
Goodridge
Goodridge is a surname and place name of English origin that appears as a variant spelling of "Goodrich."
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B.
Hollingsworth v. Perry
Hollingsworth v. Perry was a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that effectively restored same-sex marriage in California by dismissing an appeal over Proposition 8 for lack of standing.
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C.
Defense of Marriage Act
The Defense of Marriage Act was a 1996 U.S. federal law that defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman and allowed states to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.
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D.
United States v. Windsor
United States v. Windsor is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act, advancing federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
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E.
Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell v. Hodges is the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide by ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.