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*[[California Teachers Association]]
*[[California Teachers Association]]
*Eight of the state's largest newspapers plus ''[[The New York Times]]''
*Eight of the state's largest newspapers plus ''[[The New York Times]]''
==Results==
Proposition 8 passed with a 52.30% majority (7,001,084 votes) over a 47.70% minority (6,401,482 votes) with 340,611 invalid of blank votes. 79.42% of the Californian population turned up to vote on voting day.
Ron Prentice, the chairman of ProtectMarriage.com issued a statement saying, ""The people of California stood up for traditional marriage and reclaimed this great institution." The organizers of the "No on Prop 8" campaign issued a statement on November 6 saying "Tuesday’s vote was deeply disappointing to all who believe in equal treatment under the law."
==Vandalism and Protests==
==Vandalism and Protests==