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Battle over same-sex marriage ending (Prop 8 Passes)
SF Gate ^ | 11/4/08 | John Wildermuth, Chronicle Staff Writer

Posted on 11/04/2008 10:08:40 PM PST by paltz

After a heated, divisive campaign, fueled by a record $73 million of spending, California voters Tuesday were backing Prop. 8, which would change the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

Six months after the California Supreme Court cleared the way for gay and lesbian couples to legally wed, the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who took advantage of the landmark decision now are wondering if they will be the last.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: ca2008; election; gaymarriageban; homosexualagenda; prop8; samesexban
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To: paltz

How long ‘till it gets tossed?


61 posted on 11/04/2008 10:26:18 PM PST by NoLibZone (Odinga is NOT My president.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
In short...Yes on 8 will pass.

That is good news. I needed some.

62 posted on 11/04/2008 10:26:24 PM PST by umgud (In a crisis, dump gold, buy lead)
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To: April Lexington
Amazing! Pass this and elect Obama. All in one night! Schizophrenic.

Yes, it is schizophrenic. But then, only a lunatic would vote for Obama in the first place.

63 posted on 11/04/2008 10:26:32 PM PST by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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To: cherry

Blacks and Latins are notoriously anti Gay, they pulled the Lever for the new pResident, and for a ban on gay marriage.


64 posted on 11/04/2008 10:26:33 PM PST by RadioCirca1970 (CovertRadioShow.Com: Your Source for American Intelligence)
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To: umgud

63% of San Francisco has reported will deliver a net of around 150K votes to no on 8.

only 8% of Orange County has reported—will deliver over 800K net votes to yes on 8.

Prop 8 will pass!!!


65 posted on 11/04/2008 10:26:55 PM PST by blue state conservative
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To: paltz

A lot of the African-American guys that I work with said that while they’re voting for Obama, they’re also against gay marriage.

One guy said it best: “It just ain’t right!”


66 posted on 11/04/2008 10:27:02 PM PST by Beaten Valve
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To: paltz

Thank God and thank you fellow Californian’s for all your great efforts and votes - the radio & TV ads were very well done and I’ve been honking & waving at you on corners & driving under overpasses on my way to work - so encouraged to see.

Rock ON!


67 posted on 11/04/2008 10:27:10 PM PST by MonicaG (Had this crazy nightmare Obama got elected POTUS - dude, wake me UP!!!)
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To: Kaosinla

Knowing that the smaller, less populated, and more conservative districts will report first, that is not comforting news.


68 posted on 11/04/2008 10:27:40 PM PST by cacoethes_resipisco
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To: GOP Poet

I think people wanted some kind of “change,” thought 0bama was a moderate, and habitually vote Dem. The media completely hid 0’s radical past.


69 posted on 11/04/2008 10:28:47 PM PST by TenthAmendmentChampion (Lord please bless our nation with John McCain as President and Sarah Palin as Vice President! Amen.)
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To: indianyogi

Correct.


70 posted on 11/04/2008 10:29:16 PM PST by MonicaG (Had this crazy nightmare Obama got elected POTUS - dude, wake me UP!!!)
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To: paltz; Names Ash Housewares
satan or the demon-crats lost that one (just add "n" to democrat and they become a demon-crat).

Note that "n" would stand for "naughty"...

71 posted on 11/04/2008 10:30:50 PM PST by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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To: umgud

I know how you feel :o).


72 posted on 11/04/2008 10:32:56 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: paltz

So what? Glorious Leader Obama the First and his lackies in the Congress will ram through (no pun intended) a federal sodomy protection law soon enough.


73 posted on 11/04/2008 10:33:13 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Caper29
WTF is wrong with California? Butt sex bad, commie president good.

It doesn't surprise me. Since many voters were either Latino (illegal and legal) and blacks, homosexuality is disgusting to them (and rightfully so), but socialism/communism is fine and dandy.

74 posted on 11/04/2008 10:33:56 PM PST by PallMal
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To: paltz

My county voted correctly:

PROPOSITION 8

YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,166 64.15
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,240 35.85
Total . . . . . . . . . 17,406


75 posted on 11/04/2008 10:34:17 PM PST by anonsquared
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To: SMCC1

No, it only points to the abject ignorance of the average voter. They vote FOR a proposition that will be struck down by the judges appointed by the president & congress they ALSO voted for. They are too ill-informed, or worse, don’t care about what obama & their legislators stand for, they treated this vote mostly as a popularity contest.

That’s what passing prop 8 but voting for obama means.


76 posted on 11/04/2008 10:35:09 PM PST by I_like_good_things_too (Check the "Yes" box next to survival)
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To: redstateconfidential
Stupid California, you could vote yes on prop 8 and landslide for Obama?

Hispanics. Voted overwhelming for Obama but are also against Homosexual Marriage.
77 posted on 11/04/2008 10:37:16 PM PST by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough!)
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To: Caper29
WTF is wrong with California? Butt sex bad, commie president good. One F’ed up state!

Yes we are F'ed up. It wasn't always that way. Four decades of third world immigration plus a huge influx of scum from New York and Massachusetts.
79 posted on 11/04/2008 10:41:58 PM PST by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough!)
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To: paltz

The battle is not over, any more than there will be peace in the middle east.

A war only needs one party. Evil people only know war, you cannot make peace with them.


80 posted on 11/04/2008 10:42:03 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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