The Ban on Gay Marriage Passed in CA

[liveonearth]

These business donated to support Yes on 8:

eBay
Roman Catholic Church
The Knights of Columbus
Catholic Masons
Bonneville International — A Mormon company that owns The Washington Post newspaper and a lot of radio stations around the country. The radio list is here on Wiki.
Oakley (sunglasses)
priceline.com (Chief Marketing Officer)
Albertson's(food stores)
Deloitte & Touche
Novell
La Quinta
Iomega
Black & Decker
1-800-CONTACTS
JetBlue
NuSkin
SkyWest (CEO)
Five Star Quality Care (CEO)
American Express (CFO)
Avista

Comments

[sno-angel1488.livejournal.com]

Not being in Cali - was a "Yes" vote for gay marriage being allowed?

[liveonearth.livejournal.com]

No, "Yes" was a new ban on gay marriage.

[sno-angel1488.livejournal.com]

Ohhh - okay. Sorry. :) I hate when they make the ballots confusing - so if you DO want to legalize gay marriage, then you have to vote No. Huh - no wonder it got defeated! I think they do stuff like that on purpose.

Ebay's against gay Marriage? What the hell does someone's marital status have to do with buying and selling stuff?

[liveonearth.livejournal.com]

No idea.....

[machmed.livejournal.com]

Well, I think the reason for that is because same-sex marriage was already legal in California up until Election Day (the state's supreme court had ruled a few months ago that a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional under the state's constitution). Essentially, then, the proposition voters were voting 'yes' on was to make that illegal--it was a way of responding to the court's ruling.

But you're right: it is all very confusing. Though I think opponents of same-sex marriage knew that it was advantageous for them to confuse voters on this issue because, before Election Day, a majority of voters actually opposed the bigoted measure.

And I agree on Ebay...wtf? Totally random. I guess it's a good thing I haven't used that site in almost five years. Who needs Ebay when one million other sites now can do pretty much the same thing?