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If California's Proposition 8 passes, the following text would be added to the text of Section 7.5 of Article I of the California Constitution: ''Only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized in California.'' <ref>Voter Information Guide, ''Proposition 8'' [http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/text-proposed-laws/text-of-proposed-laws.pdf#prop8]</ref>
If California's Proposition 8 passes, the following text would be added to the text of Section 7.5 of Article I of the California Constitution: ''Only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized in California.'' <ref>Voter Information Guide, ''Proposition 8'' [http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/text-proposed-laws/text-of-proposed-laws.pdf#prop8]</ref> It sought to return [[traditional marriage]] to the state.
Proposition 8 was in response to the four California Supreme Court Justices overturning the will of the people who voted in 2000 on Proposition 22 that marriage was between a man and a woman. It passed easily with 61% of the vote. It was overturned by the Court and in May of 2008 [[gay marriage]] was legalized by judicial degree, not by the will of the voters or the legislature.
With over 70 million dollars being spent by both sides, it became one of the most expensive campaigns on a single issue in history.
With 95% of the precintcs in, the measure is leading 52% to 48%. While much was made of the fact that it was losing in the polls up until the time of the election, proponents pointed out that similar measures were often reported as polling poorly, but the actual vote was different. For instance Proposition 22 was supposed to be too close to call in 2000.
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