Preserving California’s Constitution

The following article titled "Preserving California’s Constitution." published on September 28th, 2008 in the New York Times is about same sex marriage. It states that in the months following the article California's voters will have the chance to vote on Proposition 8, a proposition that constitutionally labels marriage as a right only available to heterosexual couples. The writer believes that voters should vote against it and make marriage a right to any couple, despite their orientation.

When I read this article it reminded me that not everyone is as open-minded as I am. I also realized that although we consider ourselves to be free, and compared to many places we are, we aren't honestly and truly free in every sense of the word. I understand that if we were our country would fall into anarchy or since we may not even have a government, we would merely fall into chaos.

Main Points and Evidence-

" It is our fervent hope that Californians will reject this mean-spirited attempt to embed second-class treatment of one group of citizens in the State Constitution."

"It is true that in 2000 California voters approved a ballot measure recognizing only heterosexual marriages as valid."

My Questions Are:

Are the voters at an almost 50/50?

Why does the issue keep coming up?

Source- "Preserving California's Constitution." New York Times September 28th, 2008.