http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050910/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage_2
"Despite their state's history of promoting gay rights, Californians have been split on the subject of same-sex marriage — a contrast that's expected to become even more pronounced because of two overlapping voter initiatives.
Fearing that courts eventually will support the rights of gay couples to marry, opponents want voters to amend the state Constitution to allow only heterosexual unions."- Lisa Leff, Associated Press, Sept, 10, 2005