It’s remarkable how well this sums up the last couple of months.
more about “Prop 8 – The Musical“, posted with vodpod
Posts Tagged as ‘ballot initiative’
November 13, 2008
How to win on the “next” Prop 8
The Democratic Strategist has an interesting strategic analysis of where the “No on 8″ campaign went wrong this year, and how to do better next time.
November 5, 2008
Prop 8: Vote results
It looks like Proposition 8 is going to pass. (It is currently 52-48 in favor, with 95% of precincts reporting.)
This is a minor setback in an inevitable push forward. We will all tell our children and grandchildren about the fight to legalize something they will completely take for granted.
This is not over.
November 3, 2008
Big money spent on Prop 8, polls show it’s a toss-up
The last word til the results are in, on Proposition 8:
Campaign finance records show that opponents of Proposition 8 had a slight lead in contributions as of Monday, having raised $37.6 million. Supporters of the ban on gay marriage had raised $35.8 million. Proposition 8 is the second most expensive ballot issue in the nation, [...]
October 24, 2008
New Prop 8 poll results
Via The Democratic Strategist, the latest Prop 8 polls:
Now there are dueling polls on Prop. 8. A Survey USA poll on October 17 showed the initiative ahead by a narrow 48-45 margin. But last night, the Public Policy Institute of California released a poll showing Prop. 8 losing among likely voters, 52-44.
It does appear [...]
October 7, 2008
Update on Prop 8 & religious freedom
I promised an update from my lawyer friends about why Proposition 8 won’t threaten churches’ tax-exempt status, and here it is (better late than never). There are lots and lots of factors one could consider and tangents one could follow in discussing this, but the short version of why those ads put up by the [...]
October 1, 2008
The Mormon Church and Proposition 8
The Mormon Church has begun a campaign in California to pass Proposition 8 this November to outlaw gay marriage. One of its main talking points is that churches that refuse to recognize and/or perform gay marriages will lose their tax-exempt status. My initial reaction upon hearing this was that it could not possibly be true. [...]
September 18, 2008
California gay marriage poll
Good news for supporters of gay marriage in California: A recent poll shows that only 38% of voters plan to vote for the November ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage; 55% oppose the measure.
When the California Supreme Court ruled this spring that outlawing gay marriage was unconstitutional, many analysts suggested that the probability that the [...]
