politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/5/2008
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(CNN) — The outcome of an effort to ban gay marriage in California remained unclear early Wednesday since not all the votes had been counted.
Proposition Eight, which would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California, had the support of 52 percent of voters at 2:45 a.m. (5:45 a.m. ET), with 84 [...]
Jeff Kent opens his checkbook and takes a stand against gay marriage
latimesblogs.latimes.com 10/30/2008 — Jeff Kent, who played second base for the Los Angeles Dodgers this season, has stepped into the emotional world of same-sex marriage, giving $15,000 to backers of the California proposition on Tuesday's ballot that would ban it.
In a disclosure ...
California' Gay Marriage Prop 8: A Tie
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 10/31/2008 — Internal polling for proponents of Proposition 8 , which would ban same-sex marriage in California, shows the race tied; public polls have it tied at 44% to 44% with 12 percent undecided. Internal polling for opponents of proposition 8 have the race ...
Field Poll Shows Close Call on Gay Marriage Ban
fivethirtyeight.com 10/31/2008 — The Field Poll's final numbers on Proposition 8 , the same-sex marriage ban on the ballot in California, are not out yet, but a statement put out by the No on 8 folks provides the following tease: "The Field Poll shows that Prop 8's deceptive campaign has failed to move their numbers much at ...
No on Proposition 8: Allow Gay Marriage in California
patterico.com 11/2/2008 — I will be voting against Proposition 8, which seeks to change the state’s constitution to eliminate the judicially invented right to same sex marriage. The constitution would be amended to add the language: “Only marriage between a man ...
The people have spoken
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 11/5/2008 — I confess, I didn't see this coming: California votes yes on Proposition 8 . I do think, though, that the success of anti-gay-marriage initiatives reinforces something I strongly believe: the issue was pressed too quickly, and in the ...
Update: Gay Marriage Ban Passes in California —
Politics Daily
Wednesday, 11/5: It was a squeaker, but California has voted to make gay marriage unconstitutional. When the final tally shakes out the numbers will be something like 52% to 48%. Out here in California voting can sometimes seem more like a homework assignment than a civic duty. That's because ...
Prop. 8 Succeeding in California —
Weekly Standard Blog
What a weird night. When it comes to marriage, it appears there are no red states or blue states.
Florida also passed a gay marriage ban narrowly , as did Arizona .
Methinks if California is passing gay marriage bans, the great leftist mandate and majority have not yet arrived.
Obama: I Would Vote Against Calif. Gay Marriage Ban —
News
Barack Obama called a California referendum banning gay marriage “unnecessary” and said he would not vote for it despite a professed opposition to gay marriage.
“I believe marriage is between a man and woman and I am not in favor of gay marriage,” Obama said during a youth voters' forum on MTV ...
Nothing Changed —
The Republic of T.
I wrote in the previous post, echoing a commentater from last night, that Americans just elected president a man whose parents’ marriage would have been illegal 40 years ago.
Upon hearing that California’s anti-gay marriage amendment passed , I guess they will say the same of my ...
California Bans Gay Marriage —
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Californians voted by a margin of four percent to approve a despicable ballot measure banning gay marriage. Both sides raised more than $74 million, and in the end proponents of Prop. 8 won out by convincing voters the measure would somehow corrupt children.
Los Angeles Times:
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California Gay Marriage Ban Leading —
Drudge Retort
California voters woke up Wednesday with the outcome of a bid to ban same-sex marriages in their state still unsettled. At 1020 GMT Wednesday, with 86.4 percent of the vote tallied the effort to ban same sex marriages was leading with 51.8 percent support compared to 48.2 percent opposed, ...
Most Remarkable Political Ad Ever? —
Power Line
It's a contender. In California, Proposition 8 is on the ballot. It is a response to a decision of the California Supreme Court creating a right to gay marriage. The proposition, as summarized by the California Attorney General's office, "Changes the California Constitution to eliminate the ...
Down the ballot: Liddy slipping? —
First Read
CALIFORNIA: Gay married couples in California could face a legal nightmare if a proposed same-sex marriage ban passes on Tuesday. Per the LA Times: "Proposition 8 would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as only between a man and a woman, ...
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