Changes

California's Proposition 8 of 2008 passed, adding the following text to 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 a ballot proposition in [[California]] that added the following text to 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. The proposition passed on November 4, 2008.

==History of Marriage in California==

==History of Marriage in California==

With 99% of the precincts in, the measure apparently was passed 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.  Although it had been claimed that minority voters were against the message, exit polling on election day showed that latinos favored it overall while blacks favored it with a 70% yes vote.  The large number of blacks who came out to vote for [[Barack Obama]] helped to tip the scale for Proposition 8's passing, even though Obama himself said to vote against it.<ref>http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081106/news_1n6exit.html</ref>

With 99% of the precincts in, the measure apparently was passed 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.  Although it had been claimed that minority voters were against the message, exit polling on election day showed that latinos favored it overall while blacks favored it with a 70% yes vote.  The large number of blacks who came out to vote for [[Barack Obama]] helped to tip the scale for Proposition 8's passing, even though Obama himself said to vote against it.<ref>http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081106/news_1n6exit.html</ref>

==Vandalism and Protests==

==Vandalism and Protests==