Lifestyle | Proposition 8 Calif. Ban on Gay Marriage Losing Steam Prop. 8 proponents fall off after change in language explicitly limits personal rights By Harry Kimball Posted Sep 18, 2008 2:15 PM CDT Copied Proposition 8 supporter Jeff Zaine, right, asks voter Dionisio Tonel, left, about his thoughts on gay marriage during a poll of voters. (AP Photo) More Californians are opposing a gay-marriage ban there after language in the measure was made more explicit, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A Field Poll showed a sharp increase in the majority who would vote no, from 51% in July to 55% today. A clause that would place a “limit on marriage” was changed to “eliminates the right of same-sex couples to marry.” Read These Next Why the Brightline of Florida is called the 'Death Train.' Trump's new targets for prosecution: Smith, Wray, and Garland Kohler's new product isn't a toilet: It's a camera for it. Next year's COLA increase is up slightly from 2025. Report an error