The previous vote was for a measure (law). The court invalidated it, and then gays ran to get married. This time, it was a Constitutional Amendment. As far as I know, that can't be overturned.
Proposition 8was reworded by Ex-Governor and Mayor of Oakland Moonbeam (now the Attorney General) a few weeks ago to be against the "rights" of gays to be married.
Previously, when it got all the signatures, it simply stated that the definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.
There is a loophole. The schools have to teach about marriage and that included gay marriage. by defining marriage, they can't teach gay marriage to kindregardeners or 1st graders.
There have been reports of some schools having kids (even 1st graders) sign some sort of pledge without it being sent to the parents first.
The No on 8 people who were asking us all to be tolerant were not tolerant at all. Massive numbers of Yes on 8 signs were destroyed. Near me a guy stapled up his McCain/Palin, Yes on 8, and local signs about 10 feet up his palm trees to protect them. Someone either used a ladder or something else to destroy his Yes on 8 sign, while leaving the others alone.
In Modesto, some guys from a church were putting up signs. A bunch of goons beat them up and stole the signs (about 100).
Also the notification for abortion- Your kid cannot get an aspirin or a vitamin at school without you being notified, but she can go and get an abortion without you knowing about it.