Section 29

Citation: Section 29
Parent Document: Donaldson v. State of Montana, 2012 MT 288 (2012)
Jurisdiction: Montana (state)
Effective Date: 2012-12-17
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/889962/donaldson-v-state-of-montana/ ↗

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“[P]assing Proposition 8 would depend on our ability to convince voters
       that same-sex marriage had broader implications for Californians and was
       not only about the two individuals involved in a committed gay
       relationship.” “We strongly believed that a campaign in favor of traditional
       marriage would not be enough to prevail.” “We probed long and hard in
       countless focus groups and surveys to explore reactions to a variety of
       consequences our issue experts identified” and they decided to create
       campaign messaging focusing on “how this new ‘fundamental right’ would
       be inculcated in young children through public schools.” “[T]here were
       limits to the degree of tolerance Californians would afford the gay
       community. They would entertain allowing gay marriage, but not if doing
       so had significant implications for the rest of society.” “The Prop 8 victory
       proves something that readers of Politics magazine know very well:
       campaigns matter.”

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