Gay marriage was on the ballot in the form of Proposition 8, and as the election returns started to come in, it became clear that the right for same sex couples to marry, which had recently been granted by the California courts, was going to be taken away.
El matrimonio gay estaba en la papeleta en el formulario de la Proposición 8, y a medida que llegaban los resultados de las elecciones se hizo evidente que el derecho de las parejas del mismo sexo a contraer matrimonio, concedido por los tribunales de California, iba a anularse.