What about Prop 8 in California?

[FVZA_Colonel]

Do we know if marriage equality will continue?

[dubeskin]

1. Right now it's passing

However, polls just closed a while ago, and votes are going to be rushing in through the night. The city strongholds still have to be counted, like San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco, and L.A.

http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/props/59.htm

[FVZA_Colonel]

2. Fucking hell, let's hope LA, SF and SD can flip it back to a fail!

[dubeskin]

3. Yep!

[Hieronymus]

14. San Diego is very conservative.

[FVZA_Colonel]

15. Didn't one of the leading conservative papers in California slam it?

[bluedawg12]

4. F*ck the RW hate mongers. n/t

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. Won't know until late, but if it passes it won't survive a court challenge.

[Christian30]

17. There is not legal recourse for this...

if we lose at the ballot, we lose. The California Supreme Court has already ruled, which is what legalized it. Only the US Supreme Court could intervene and it won't.

[RL3AO]

6. Does it need 50 or 60 percent?

[Ioo]

7. Yes 55 - No 45 (6%)

[maddowfan]

8. 5% in, Exit Polls Say It Wil l Fail. Florida and More States Pass Ban

[FVZA_Colonel]

9. Well, at least it looks like it will fail in California.

[Hellataz]

10. So far 55%-45% for Prop 8 :(

I'm so ashamed of my county 61%- 39% for Prop 8

I can't believe LA passed it! 43%-47% Yes

The only counties so far to say no are: Santa Clara, San Francisco, Marin, Napa, and Sonoma,

[joop]

13. I am so ashamed of my county

HOW? I can't believe it. Please let this get knocked down somehow.

[Starry Messenger]

11. Fuck!!

I really wanted this to be a landslide too... :(

[geekgrrl]

12. Fuck. A friend of mine in CA just said it wasn't looking good. nt

[geekgrrl]

16. Didn't the gov say he would veto it, though?? nt

[Starry Messenger]

18. I think it can be struck down.

We just wanted to send a strong message, too.

[pink-o]

19. Okay, I want it to go down in flames

But my psychic ace-in-the-hole if it passes is wondering if the Callie Supreme Court will strike it down as unconstitutional.

They did it in 94 with that heinous, racist Prop 187 about illegal immigrants. The hate mongers passed that one as well, and it was never implimented due to it's not going thru the proper legal channels.

It died without anyone noticing. That's my hope if Prop Hate passes this time.

(edited cuz I'm so fucking drunk and celebrating President Obama right now I can't type!)

[Boo Boo]

20. It is an ammendment to the constitution. /nt

[Lumpsum]

21. What the hell is happening to California

Ever since Gray Davis, the once great CA has seriously gone downhill. First Arnold, now this shit?

[Boo Boo]

22. Schwarzenegger campaigned against prop 8

The truth is that, overall, Black and Hispanic voters are more conservative than us Latte Liberals. In fact, they are more conservative than Arnold Schwarzenegger. Obama turned out huge numbers of AA and Hispanic voters, which was good for Obama but bad for gays.

The other big factor was the mayor of San Fran. He unintentionally made the most effective pro Prop 8 ad, which was run over and over again here. It really moved the poll numbers. It featured the mayor acting like a fool, yelling "This door's wide open now! It's gonna happen! Whether you like it or not!" I live in SoCal and don't really know much about the guy, but from where I'm sitting he's not looking too swift right now.

Here's the ad the brought Prop 8 back from a double digit deficit in the polls:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKn5LNhNto