the media repeated over and over again the lies and distortions of the proponents of the amendment.
The people pushing the amendment outright
LIED...repeatedly claiming it was only about marriage and wouldn't take existing partnership rights away.
This article points out some of the lies:
Proponents of Proposal 2, in public statements throughout the campaign, emphatically stated that this amendment was simply about marriage.
Marlene Elwell, chair of Citizens for Protection of Marriage, was quoted as stating, "This has nothing to do with taking benefits away. This is about marriage between a man and a woman."
Spokesperson Kristina Hemphill said, "There's nothing in this amendment ... that will erase anything on the books."A day after the election these lying bigots started doing just that--looking for ways to take existing rights
away.
But the straight public was lied to. I doubt they would have voted for the amendment had they known the real implications of it.
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