How We Blew It: California's Prop 8 Defeat

[Natasha]

How We Blew It: California's Prop 8 Defeat

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/how_we_blew_it_californias_prop_8_defeat.php
November 21, 2008 10:00 AM

Last night I attended a meeting in Beverly Hills to hear some of the leaders of the losing No on Prop 8 campaign discuss why they thought we lost. I found myself strongly disagreeing with their assessment. I also found myself in excellent company among the many villagers gathering outside the village gates.

So what happened? On a day of a monumental tidal shift when voters bust down the front door of the White House for an African American and Californians voted to prevent the closing of another door to abortion rights, in a stunning reversal Californians voted to slam the door on the civil rights of gay couples and strip us of our right to marry.