"Yes on 8" means no gay marriage rights, correct.
In my county, the pro-prop-8 signs were everywhere. The local Mormans did in fact use their children to hold signs on election day. I do think their campaign was very, very influential. Not every voter was highly informed, you drive up to the polling place to see happy children joyously waving yellow signs with "Yes on 8" and stick figures holding up their hands in triumph ...
the ballot measures are confusing, you have to vote yes/no (at least around here) or the machine rejects your ballot, and even I, knowing exactly how I wanted to vote, had to read the prop 8 wording again and again because it was so confusing and I was afraid I didn't understand it correctly.
When I saw those kids with the signs, I had a sinking feeling prop 8 would pass.
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