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[...] early exit polls in California also wrongly suggested that Proposition 8, which sought to bar gay marriage, would lose. Again, [...]

Congratulations to ALL in California!!! Bigotry and hate must be stopped and this is one more step in the right direction.

Why give rights to people and then wish to take the rights away???? Makes no sense...Don't do it.

It won't stop with gay marriage. Next step is to get rid of tax exemptions for all churches and dismantle religion in this country. Twenty years from now, we'll be Holland.

Good luck!! We ARE all one people!

The young people have spoken,am proud of the young americans

Well, if anyone really follows or knows much about Obama, this country is in for a real treat and he knows it. Everyone wants change, and here it comes – legalizing abortion, taking out In God We Trust off of our money. What next.....do tell.

I am African American in California, straight, married, kid and voted NO ON 8!!!!!!!!

Time to put all phobias behind. Let people have the right to share their lives like anybody else under the same rights and protections

I am white, straight and praying that Prop. 8 loses. Separate is not equal in the United States. Love should be celebrated. Discrimination rejected.

This is unfortunate.

Darth,
This whole proposal would be unnecessary of the state supreme court hadn't invented that so-called right to begin with. over 100 years as a state and "poof!" this right suddenly appears.

vote yes on 8 is truly gay

I DOUBT IS A "GAY MARRIAGE PHOBIA" JOE, UNLESS OF COURSE YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD...

"GOD BLESS AMERICA"

Tuan, get a grip. Your guy lost and Barack won! We are moving forward to a great time in America. And yes, Barack Obama favors equal rights for gays and lesbians....YES WE CAN!

George Washington didnt have any experience, and he did all right.

Congratulations to all gay married people in California. I wish you the best. I hope someday same sex marriage will be legal all over the country, so my partner and I can be married as well. Tonight is a moment in history my future children will be studying. Me and my partner will explain to them the importance of voting, as well as the importance of equal rights.

why did I bother to vote? Why did I spend months listening to the candidates? One second after 8, when my polls had just closed, Obama was elected. Why? I voted for Obama but my vote hadn't had one second to be counted.

I'm disturbed that so many people say that opposition to Prop 8 is about being tolerant. Yet, these same people created an advertisement for California television stations against the Mormon Church. This is tolerance? Why is it that we must be tolerant of one group of people, but at the same time intolerant of another?

Interesting that AAs are voted predominantly *for* the ban.

Proves once again that religion is the breeding ground of ignorance and prejudice. Wouldn't it be great if it were gay and lesbian Americans who are the ones to put the final nail in the coffin of Christian bigotry.

I Voted a American into the WHITE house
HIS SKIN DIDNT MATTER TO ME
SO painting the white house black is soooo Racist
A lot of White Americans like my self Voted for Obama

Those exit polls aren't matching the ballot results....Prop 8 is being defeated so far –54% to 46%.

This is an issue that should not be mixed with civil rights. This is about respecting and preserving the institution of marriage between a man and a woman. God created males for females and females for males, gay couples already have the rights of partner benefits.

tuan

Leave the White House and it's proud American tradition, alone.

The Obamas will live in it just like the Bushes, and the Kennedys, and the Lincolns did.

You extremists are always screwing things up with your irrational fantasies.

Equal protection and equal rights for everyone!!

Great news!

Nothing but bigotry and hostility makes people oppose gay marriage. I'm sorry to see it's so close, but one step at a time.

Oh, and tuan, shut up loser. Better some white fossil Bush clone wins? Eat it, sucker.

tuan – you are one sick puppy – seek professional help

Let freedom ring!

tuan-

"we should repaint the white house into black to celebrate this historic moment .. "

That's crossing a line. While I to see and celebrate watching history in the making, to even suggestion something of that nature represents the very ideas that Senator, excuse me, President Elect, Obama is trying to move away from. One nation, one people.

Please take Tuan's comment off–how can this be in any sense acceptable at this moment? Or any moment?

I hope they stay 55-45...not in my state

God help U.S. The hell with Mexifornia..........

I believe that gays should be recognized by the state and have all the benefits but marriage is a sacred institution ordained by God. That is it. Nothing else to discuss.

I certainly hope we dont go backwards in time regarding the rights of people to love who they choose.

I'm looking at the results coming in and I hope the exit polls are correct.

We amend the constitution to add rights, not take them away.

we should repaint the white house into black to celebrate this historic moment .. first time ever ever a black man with no expericences got an opt to run this nation..

We elected an AA President, Time to get over the Gay Marriage phobia.

WE ARE ALL ONE PEOPLE AND ALL DESERVE THE SAME RIGHTS!!