Executive Order 12086, signed by President Jimmy Carter on October 5, 1978, in order to provide for the transfer to the Department of Labor of certain contract compliance functions relating to equal employment opportunity.
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*All out-of-state same-sex marriages are given the benefits of marriage under California law, although only those performed before November 5, 2008, are granted the designation "marriage". # California's ban on same-sex marriage remains in limbo following a federal case finding the ban unconstitutional, which is stayed pending appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.