Prop 8 won by a huge margin here. I am proud to say I voted YES on Prop 8. There were idiots outside our voting place asking us all to vote No so I went in and voted YES, it felt great. Apparently the vote of the people means nothing. I will NEVER support Gay Marriage, it is morally wrong..What next, people marrying dogs and cats
I don't think that it won by a "huge" margin. It won by 4.48 percentage points - less than Barry's margin of victory, which was by no means "huge".
As George Will pointed out on "This Week" yesterday, the gay marriage debate is going to eventually go away - it's just a matter of demographic trends and time. While there will be states that won't accept gay marriage in the foreseeable future, predominantly in the old south, in another ten years almost all of the states, including California will recognize some kind of domestic partnership or marriage contract between two homosexuals.
By the way, I'm not endorsing the practice, but I am recognizing the voting trends.
>Prop 8 won by a huge margin here.
Actually, Prop 8 won by a margin of 52 to 48%. Hardly huge. The worrisome thing was the demographics of the exit polls.
Yes No
18-24 (11%) 36% 64%
25-29 (9%) 41% 59%
30-39 (17%) 52% 48%
40-49 (22%) 59% 41%
50-64 (26%) 51% 49%
65+ (15%) 61% 39%
With only a 4% margin, and age demographics like that, another vote in a couple of years could be just about even or worse.