Prop 8 passed in California. The passing of the bill, which bans same-sex marriage was announced this morning. Same-sex marriages have been performed since June in California, and it is unclear what the amendment means for the 18,000 same-sex couples who have married in the state. Conservatives celebrated the passage of measures that ban same-sex marriage in California, as well as Florida and Arizona.

It was a great victory,” said the Rev. James Garlow, senior pastor of Skyline Church in San Diego County and a leader of the campaign to pass the California measure, Proposition 8. “We saw the people just rise up.” - NYTimes

California will still allow same-sex civil unions, but Arizona and Florida will not. So now Massachusetts and Connecticut are the only states where same-sex marriages are legal and Rhode Island and New York will continue to recognize those unions.

This is certainly not the last we’ll hear about Prop 8 as many are already planning legal battles to fight the passing of Prop 8. Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, who were the first to get married last June, said they have already initiated a lawsuit to fight back against the amendment.

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