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Prop 8
Hoffmania! —
... Here's the link to the California Secy of State's page. It's getting hammered tonight. Here's the LA Times site which is a tad behind the SecState's results. ...
Prop 8 Results
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Here's the page for results. Only 24 percent now reporting. So hang in. I can't get it to load right now. But I'll keep trying. I sure haven't lost hope on this. But I will say this, whatever happens. We will win this in the end. We must never let popular votes affect our own internal sense of our worth, our equality, our dignity as human beings. Our marriages are real; all that is at issue is whether a majority will recognize them in law. The next generation already does. We shall overcome. Do not be discouraged. But we may still win. ...
California's Prop 8 (To Ban Gay Marriage) Ahead with 72% In
Ace of Spades HQ —
California's Prop 8 (To Ban Gay Marriage) Ahead with 72% In Just a bit, 52-48. This commercial got the ball rolling: But then came this one. This was the commercial that turned Prop 8 from a likely loser to a likely winner: Gay marriage supporters ...
Ace of Spades HQ Decision Desk Makes Two Calls...
Ace of Spades HQ —
... Now let's get a fresh election cooking. (I'm informed now that Alaska doesn't allow the Governor to appoint a short-term replacement, but requires a special election immediately). Finally, David tells me that the only "No" counties left in California for 8 are smallish ones and there just aren't enough No votes left to make up for the 315,000 advantage that "Yes" has. So the Decision Desk will call this in favor of an elimination of gay marriage in California.
Stripped Of The Right To Marry
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Heart-breaking news this morning: a terribly close vote has stripped gay couples in California of their right to marry. Right now, it's 51.9 percent yes; 48.1 percent no. The geographic balance shows that the inland parts of California voted for the Proposition and the coast and urban areas voted against it. ...
Prop 8
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... It looks grim to me, but still extremely close with 10 percent of precincts yet to partially or fully report and a a 51.9 to 48.1 split in favor of stripping gay couples of the right to marry in California. I'll write later when we get the final result. It's too heart-breaking to write anything before we know for absolutely sure we have been defeated. And, as I tossed and turned tonight trying to sleep, after last night's massive wave of relief, I feel sure that in the long arc of history, we shall prevail. ...
California Proposition 8 - Protect Traditional Marriage Winning 52-48%
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... California election results for Proposition 9 are here and the map is here.
It looks like California voters are restoring the traditional definition of marriage of a man and woman by changing the California Constitution.
Yes on 8 proponents declared victory late last night.
Stay tuned as more results become available. ...
Another Bright Spot or Three?
damnum absque injuria —
The rule of law appears to have prevailed in CA, with Prop 8 passing by a not that narrow margin. Right now it looks like Norm Coleman may have ...
"Find More Courage"
BlueNC - The people's think tank —
... On Election Day, over 5 million Californians voted to support second-class status for same-sex couples in the Golden State, via passage of the discriminatory ...
Open season on Mormons in California?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... hand. The room was decontaminated and the envelope taken by the FBI for testing. A spokesman for the Salt Lake City Fire Department says the clerk showed no signs of illness, but the scare shut down a building at Temple Square for more than an hour. It was depressingly predictable that the fringe of the protestors would eventually move towards terrorism. They’ve assaulted old ladies and threatened more violence, all because they lost on a ballot proposition. In fact, they lost by over 500,000 votes and almost five percentage points, 52.2% to 47.7%. Of California’s 58 ...
LAT's Rutten: 'Both Sides' in Calif. Marriage Debate 'Need to Cool Down'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... And the supporters of Proposition 8? Well, their measure - which sought to restore the definition of marriage between only a man and a woman - won in a statewide referendum by a 52 to 48 margin. They simply want judges to respect the vote and uphold its result. ...
CA Supreme Court Will Review Challenges to Prop. 8
TalkLeft —
The California Supreme Court today agreed to decide whether voter approval of Prop. 8 repealed the state constitutional right to same sex marriage that the court recognized earlier this year. The court agreed today to review two related arguments by opponents of Prop. 8 - that the measure exceeds the legal scope of a ballot initiative by allowing a majority to restrict a minority group's rights, and that it violates the constitutional separation of powers by limiting judicial authority. The supreme court's direct action ...
Open Thread
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... constitutional amendment was "inconsistent with the guarantees of individual liberty" in California's governing charter. "Proposition 8 must be invalidated because the amendment process cannot be used to extinguish fundamental constitutional rights without compelling justification," Brown said. The authors of the state Constitution, he said, did not intend "to put a group's right to enjoy liberty to a popular vote."
Here we go: 13 million people voted, but seven should decide this issue. Our Founding ...
