Voters approve Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriages
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[COLOR=#999999 ! important]By Jessica Garrison, Cara Mia DiMassa and Richard C. Paddock
November 5, 2008 [/COLOR]
UPDATE: Voters approve Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriages. With more than 95% of the vote counted, the measure leads 52.1% to 47.9%.
A measure to once again ban gay marriage in California led Tuesday, throwing into doubt the unions of an estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who wed during the last 4 1/2 months.
Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times
Bob Knoke, of Mission Viejo, Amanda Stanfield, of Monrovia, Jim Domen, of Yorba Linda, and J.D. Gaddis, of Yorba Linda, celebrate returns for Proposition 8 at an Irvine hotel.[COLOR=#333333 ! important]Passage of Prop.8 throws thousands of same-sex unions into doubt. <style type="text/css"> <!-- .elexwidget {font: 11px normal arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #555; padding: 5px 0 3px 0; } .elexwidget ul {margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none;} .elexwidget ul * {margin: 0; padding: 0;} .elexwidget#supe ul li {padding-left: 17px; font-size: 1.1em; float: left;} .elexwidget#supe ul li.supe-x {background-image: url(http://www.latimes.com/includes/elections/images/icon_winner.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 5px 3px;} /* winner */ .elexwidget#prop ul li {padding-left: 17px; font-size: 1.1em;} .elexwidget#prop ul li.prop-n-x {background-image: url(http://www.latimes.com/includes/elections/images/icon_fail.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 5px 3px;} /* fail x */ .elexwidget#prop ul li.prop-y-x {background-image: url(http://www.latimes.com/includes/elections/images/icon_winner.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 5px 3px;} /* pass checkmark */ .elexheader {font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 3px;} .elexdetail {font-size: .8em; font-weight: normal; color: #777;} .elexyesno {font-size: .7em; font-weight: normal; color: #777;} .elexvalue {font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; color: #999;} .supe-x .elexvalue {color: #333;} .supe-l .elexvalue {color: #333;} .elexvalue#prop-y-l {color: #333;} /* leading */ .elexvalue#prop-n-l {color: #333;} /* trailing */ .elexvalue#prop-y-x {color: #333;} /* leading */ .elexvalue#prop-n-x {color: #333;} /* trailing */ .elexmore {clear: both; padding-top: 3px; text-align: right;} .elexmore a {color: #007aaa !important;} // --> </style> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.latimes.com/includes/elections/props.js"></script>
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[COLOR=#999999 ! important]By Jessica Garrison, Cara Mia DiMassa and Richard C. Paddock
November 5, 2008 [/COLOR]
UPDATE: Voters approve Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriages. With more than 95% of the vote counted, the measure leads 52.1% to 47.9%.
A measure to once again ban gay marriage in California led Tuesday, throwing into doubt the unions of an estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who wed during the last 4 1/2 months.
