Dan Walters: Proposition 8 still perplexes Californians
Published: Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010 - 8:07 am
Advocates of same-sex marriage rights were, to put it mildly, stunned when California voters passed Proposition 8 nearly two years ago, placing a ban on such marriages in the state constitution.
Californians' acceptance of same-sex unions had been steadily growing, the state Supreme Court had overturned a statutory ban on gay marriage, and the 2008 presidential election had a big turnout of young and nonwhite voters presumed to support "marriage equality," as advocates call it.
It later became apparent from exit polling, however, that Proposition 8 enjoyed strong support among black and Latino voters, which may have been decisive.
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