What Prop 8 Is

So I was pondering today the many reasons to pass Proposition 8 in california. I have mentioned many of them on my blog and my facebook site. What I haven't posted yet is a discription of exactly what Prop 8 is. 

The Official Voter Information Guide for the California General Election states:

This initiative measure is submitted to the peopl ein accordance with the providios of Article II, Section 8, of the California Constitution. 

This initiative measure expressly amends the California Constitution by adding a section thereto: therefore, new provisions proposed to be added are printed in italic type to indicate that they are new.

Section 1.  Title

This measure shall be known as the "California Marriage Protection Act."

Section 2.  Section 7.5 is added to Article 1 of the California Constitution, to read

7.5 Only marraige between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.

(pg 128)

That's it. It preserves the institution of marriage. Here is a great article written in 2005 discussing the effects of changing fundamental institutions of society. 

http://www.janegalt.net/blog/archives/005244.htm