Prop 8

The original title of Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative to ban gay marriage, was "Limit on Marriage. Constitutional Amendment.”

Now it's been changed to "Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry." As Jim Burroway observes:

Now when Californians go to the polls, they have to think about how their vote may actually take away something that already exists.

I wouldn't underestimate the psychological difference the two ballot titles would have on the voters. The perception gap between Limit and Eliminate is a mile wide.

Thursday, July 24, 2008