Today is the anniversary of the landmark Obergefell decision—expanding the constitutional right to same-sex marriage and equal protection under the law. As we celebrate this milestone for LGBTQ+ equality, now more than ever we must continue fighting for equal rights and to protect our democracy.

11 years ago, Obergefell affirmed what should have always been true: the freedom to marry who you love. Today, as extremists attack this fundamental right, California will continue to defend that hard-won progress, so every family can live and love freely.

🚨 The Pennsylvania House passed a bill to remove the state’s same-sex marriage ban from the books and 26 Republicans crossed party lines to vote for it. The final vote was 127 to 72. The state still has a same-sex marriage ban on the books from 1996. It is unenforceable because of the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell ruling, but it is still written into state law. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, would finally remove that language. It now heads to the Republican-controlled state Senate, where similar bills have stalled in past sessions. 26 House Republicans voted yes. One Democrat; Rep. Frank Burns of Cambria County, voted no. 35 states still have dormant same-sex marriage bans on the books. If Obergefell is ever overturned, those bans become enforceable again. Pennsylvania is one of them.