Proposition Summary

ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME–SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Changes the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California. Provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. Summary of Legislative Analyst’s Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: Over the next few years, potential revenue loss, mainly from sales taxes, totaling in the several tens of millions of dollars, to state and local governments. In the long run, likely little fiscal impact on state and local governments.

Proposition Number

8

Year

2008

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y:7001084;A:52.3;N:6401482;B:47.7

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. --

For Author

RON PRENTICE, President, California Family Council; ROSEMARIE "ROSIE" AVILA, Governing Board Member, Santa Ana Unified School District; BISHOP GEORGE MCKINNEY, Director, Coalition of African American Pastors

Against Author

SAMUEL THORON, Former President, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays; JULIA MILLER THORON, Parent

Rebuttal Author

ELLYNE BELL, School Board Member, Sacramento City Schools; RACHAEL SALCIDO, Associate Professor of Law, McGeorge School of Law; DELAINE EASTIN, Former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Rebuttal Against Author

DR. JANE ANDERSON, M.D., Fellow, American College of Pediatricians; ROBERT BOLINGBROKE, Council Commissioner, San Diego-Imperial Council, Boy Scouts of America; JERALEE SMITH, Director of Education/California Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX)

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