Thank you for voting NO on Prop. 8 to prevent the California state constitution
from being changed to prohibit same-sex marriages!

	12/20/2008: California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a legal brief claiming that Proposition 8 is an unconstitutional measure and should be voided. Read More
	11/25/2008: A judge on Tuesday ruled that a Florida law that blocks gay people from adopting children is unconstitutional. Read More
	11/24/2008: California officials have decided to investigate whether the Mormon church failed to give an accurate accounting of its role in the YES on 8 campaign. Read More. This is the result of the 11/13/2008 action by a California gay rights activist who filed a complaint accusing the Mormon church of failing to report the value of the work it did to support Proposition 8. The complaint was made to the enforcement division of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, the agency that regulates campaign activity. The complaint alleges that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ran out-of-state phone banks, produced commercials and provided other services that must be reported as contributions to the Proposition 8 campaign. The Attorneys General of California and Utah have also been notified. Read More
	11/24/2008: There are 1.79 million ballots remaining to be counted, including 410,000 from Los Angeles County and 300,000 from the Bay Area. Note: as of 11/24/2008, the Unprocessed Ballot page is no longer being updated by the CA Secretary of State. Final results will be available here after December 13.
	11/21/2008: The Dr. Phil show (Friday, 5 PM Pacific time, KRON ch. 4) featured a discussion of Prop. 8. Guests included San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newson. Read More
	11/19/2008: The California Supreme Court accepted three lawsuits seeking to nullify Prop. 8. The challenges state that Prop. 8 represents such a sweeping change that it constitutes a constitutional revision as opposed to an amendment. The distinction would have required YES on 8 to obtain approval from two-thirds of both houses of the California Legislature before submitting it to voters, which it failed to do. Read More
	11/19/2008: Although the YES votes are currently 4.2 percentage points (516,000 votes) ahead of the NO votes statewide, the final results are not yet known. It should be noted that all Bay Area counties except Solano had more NO votes than YES. However, at this point, in order for the NO votes to receive a majority, at least 72% of the uncounted votes must go toward NO, which is highly unlikely.
	11/15/2008: Thanks to everyone for attending Saturday's NO On 8 protests! Keeping the issue alive and in people's minds will soon lead to equality for all.
	11/14/2008: Five civil rights groups petitioned the California Supreme Court to issue a stay preventing Prop. 8 from taking effect. The groups include the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund, and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center. Although the petition is the fourth seeking to have the measure invalidated, it's the first to argue that the court should step in because the gay marriage ban, which overturned the Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay unions, sets a precedent that could be used to undermine the rights of racial minorities. Read More
	11/10/2008: Forty-four members of the California Legislature filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of one of the three lawsuits seeking to invalidate Proposition 8, arguing that it should be tossed out because voters did not have the authority to make such a dramatic change in state law. Read More
	11/5/2008: Even if the YES votes are greater than the NO votes once all the ballots are counted, this will not be the end of the issue. Three lawsuits were filed directly with the California Supreme Court seeking orders immediately blocking enforcement of Prop. 8 and ultimately striking it down as a violation of fundamental rights in the California Constitution. The legal challenges argue that a ballot proposition can't be used to amend the state constitution when it strips away an established legal right, in this instance the equal right of gays and lesbians to marry. In court papers, gay marriage supporters insist such a provision can only go to the voters after being considered by the Legislature. As a result, they've asked the Supreme Court to block Proposition 8 from going into effect.
	Who were the financial contributors to the YES ON 8 Campaign?
	The Mormon Church contributed a significant amount of money to the YES on 8 campaign, in violation of their 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status. There is currently a petition to revoke the Tax Exempt Status of the Mormon Church.