A "No" vote on CA Proposition 8 will annul no marriages.
A "Yes" vote on CA Proposition 8 will annul over 10,000 marriages (many with kids).
Which vote is REALLY "protecting marriage"?
(NOTE: Each and every single vote WILL count. There is no "electoral college" for referendums.)
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A "Yes" vote on CA Proposition 8 will annul over 10,000 marriages (many with kids).
Which vote is REALLY "protecting marriage"?
(NOTE: Each and every single vote WILL count. There is no "electoral college" for referendums.)
...reposted from
kproche via johno.
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There is no electoral college at the state level at all, no matter what kind of vote it is. Only the presidential election is affected by that issue AFAIK.
Why would it annul marriages?
Basically, prop 8 is to make marriage between one man, one woman only, and would annul any marriage between gays, lesbians and transgendered families.
Hope that helps.
Stupid prop 8. I hate it.
And no problem. Happy to oblige, actually!
Someone commented to me yesterday that if they're so pro kids and stuff, why is prop 8 outlawing gay marriage, when they could just abolish divorce? Rather scary tactic, but an eye opening comment.
I like to think of prop 8 as the 'homophobic' prop. I really hope it fails. As a (now) Californian, I think prop 8 and prop 4 are more important than the presidential election. If either of these pass, it's going to be really tough repealing them, and that has me more frightened than just about anything else.
/soapbox.
http://www.oeconomist.com/blogs/dani), it will not annul any marriages. For it to do so would violate the combined effects of the federal constitutional provision against ex post facto laws and the Fourteenth Amendment. The state AG has plainly said that Proposition 8 would not act retroäctively; the state Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the legality of same-sex marriage, would not interpret the Proposition broadly.San Francisco has the best city hall weddings. Every time I hear from friends there about them, it makes me want to get married there someday.
It really was nice. Also, I'm a sucker for a bargain!!