Early Results Show California Proposition 8 Ahead

Early results are showing Proposition 8 ahead with 54 percent of the vote. However, some of the urban (i.e. more liberal) areas have yet to report in.

Proposition 8 would define marriage in the California constitution as between a man and a woman.

The people of California passed a Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 2000. However, the California Supreme Court in May 2008 ignored the law and the will of the people and manufactured a “right” for homosexuals to call their unions “marriage.”

Florida also voted on a marriage protection amendment today. Reports indicate with 67% of the vote counted, the measure is on track for passage with 62% approval; Florida requires 60% for passage.

Arizona is the third state voting on a marriage protection amendment today. Early results look good for passage with 56 percent in favor at this point.

According to the Verde News, supporters of Arizona’s amendment are attributing better success this year than they had in 2006 on the fact that they tried to also ban civil unions in 2006, where this measure only defines marriage itself. Homosexual activists succeeded in scaring heterosexuals in 2006 into believing they stood to lose something if they supported the marriage protection amendment that year.

If all three pass today, that will bring the total number of states with constitutional amendments protecting marriage to 30.

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