Its amazing what a huge amount of cash will do to a vote. The Mormon church alone put in over 10 million into the referendum. In combination with what various conservative groups and the Catholic church put in the No vote was overwhelmed. Even with the 5 or 10 to 1 advantage in spending, the yes vote only managed to get a bare majority of votes.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > im more floored by the fact that California, which i thought was VERY > progressive, had people that voted this legislation in?!? > > odd. > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I like what Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote for the majority: >> >> "Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to >> lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in >> California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and >> families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples," >> >> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Get ready for mass whinging from the reich wing. >>> >>> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72559.html >>> >>> California prop 8 ruling on gay marriage overturned >>> By: Associated Press >>> February 7, 2012 01:04 PM EST >>> >>> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A federal appeals court has declared California's >>> same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, paving the way for a >>> likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law. >>> >>> A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San >>> Francisco ruled 2-1 Tuesday that a lower court judge interpreted the >>> U.S. Constitution correctly in 2010 when he declared the ban, known as >>> Proposition 8, to be a violation of the civil rights of gays and >>> lesbians. >>> >>> The measure, which passed with 52 percent of the vote in 2008, >>> outlawed same-sex unions just five months after they became legal in >>> the state. >>> >>> Lawyers for Proposition 8 sponsors and for two couples who sued to >>> overturn the ban have said they would appeal to the Supreme Court if >>> they did not receive a favorable ruling from the 9th Circuit. >> >> >> >> -- >> Larry C. Lyons >> web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons >> >> There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always >> has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant >> thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, >> nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance >> is just as good as your knowledge." - Issac Asimo >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346448 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
