Go Read It: Same Sex Marriage and the Proposition 8 Vote

Finally, some analysis of the data taken from voters as they left the polls in November, 2008, when the California anti-gay marriage referendum, Proposition 8, was on the ballot.

One big question after the election: Who moved? Six weeks before the vote, Proposition 8 was too close to call. But in the final weeks, supporters pulled ahead, and by election day, the outcome was all but certain.

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The shift, it turns out, was greatest among parents with children under 18 living at home — many of them white Democrats.

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The lesson: It's not enough to make the case for same-sex marriage. It's also important to arm voters — particularly parents — against an inevitable propaganda attack. And it's crucial to rebut lies so parents don't panic.

We at MOMocrats knew this about parents--that's why we had post after post after post after post here on the site (maybe 9 or 10 in all) reassuring parents. We also knew religious conservatives who backed Prop 8 have made deep, dangerous incursions into Latino and Asian Pacific American communities via their churches, and we reached out to APA parents with bilingual video PSAs made on shoestring budgets to help counter this.

I just hope leadership on the marriage equality efforts can absorb these painful, but important lessons and take different steps in the future. When Prop 8 passed, we were horrified and hurt too. Maybe not as much as the people directly affected, but we were right alongside you. Mobilize your allies. We have to validate each other. We will do all we can, but we need your guidance, help, and resources.

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