California Gay Marriage Ban - Proposition 8 Results
November 5th, 2008
California Gay Marriage Ban results are still not fully available, but it looks like it’s gonna win. The proposition 8, if voted in could change the constitution of California to ban gay marriages and only recognize bonds between a woman and a man as valid.
Proposition 8 came only six months after gay marriages were given green light by the California Supreme Court. Now it looks like the light may go back to red. Estimated 18,000 gay marriages took place in California since the lift of ban - first of which was between Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin aka Daughters of Bilitis and they also may be the last.
Final results have not yet been released as not all votes have been counted, but gay people who gathered in San Francisco to protest Proposition 8 hope California gay marriage ban proposition won’t become reality. Preliminary results suggest otherwise.
I’m a little bit torn on issue of gay marriages. I myself am not gay, but have many gay friends and… well, love watching lesbians. I’d be in support of gay marriages, if gay people wanted them solely because they want to be with their loved ones. However, gay marriages are all about money and collection of benefits from the government. That kind of makes the whole point of love between same sex couples diminished and whole fight for rights of gay people to marry moot.
Anti Proposition 8 photo: Reuters
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