Source: CBS
A federal appeals court says California’s ban on same-sex marriage – known as Proposition 8 – violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

For all the talk about America supposedly shifting left as a way to explain the Obama victory, the gay marriage issue proves otherwise.

California is ground zero for all things liberal, but apparently even California voters aren’t quite ready for gay marriage.

In an election otherwise full of liberal triumphs, the gay rights movement suffered a stunning defeat as California voters approved a ban on same-sex marriages that overrides a recent court decision legalizing them.

The constitutional amendment—widely seen as the most momentous of the nation’s 153 ballot measures—will limit marriage to heterosexual couples, the first time such a vote has taken place in a state where gay unions are legal.

Gay-rights activists had a rough election elsewhere as well. Ban-gay-marriage amendments were approved in Arizona and Florida, and Arkansas voters approved a measure banning unmarried couples from serving as adoptive or foster parents. Supporters made clear that gays and lesbians were their main target.

In California, with 95 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday, the ban had 5,125,752 votes, or 52 percent, while there were 4,725,313 votes, or 48 percent, opposed.

I’m actually pretty stunned that California of all places would so soundly reject this issue. I really figured with all the money activist groups threw at it and with the usual Hollywood sycophants speaking out on it — Prop 8 would fail. Looks like there’s still a few traditional Americans left — even in California.