California Proposition 8 Watch: The Blame For Gay Marriage Failing at the California Polls

The blame game for the passage of California Proposition 8 which restored the traditional definition of marriage has started.

A week after California voters approved Proposition 8 and decreed they wanted to end same-sex marriage in the state, details are emerging of an opposition campaign that was in disarray.

Key staff members – including the campaign manager – were replaced in the final weeks as polls turned dramatically against the No side. Their replacements say they found an effort that was too timid, slow to react, without a radio campaign or a strategy to reach out to African Americans, a group that ultimately supported the measure by more than 2 to 1.

The above televison ad with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom pandering to a pro-gay marriage crowd and saying that gay marriage was going to happen “whether you like it or not” was the turning point in the campaign.

California voters did NOT like having their vote devalued by the courts and the decline of support for gay marriage started with this Gavin Newsom GAFFE.

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