After Prop. 8

On an election day when civil rights took a breathtaking leap forward, it was disconcerting to see the cause also fall abruptly back with the passage of Proposition 8. Some supporters of same-sex marriage look at the ballot results and understandably conclude that California voters, with their passage of the humane farm rules in Proposition 2, care more about the rights of chickens than of gays and lesbians.

November 6, 2008