As the results roll in this Tuesday, the whole nation will be watching the judicial womb that is the state of California. The non-presidential portion of the ballot — Proposition 8 (to ban gay marriage) and Proposition K (to legalize prostitution) — takes center stage in a state Obama will win handily. We try to predict how each initiative will do, along with figuring out how many pictures of protesting prostitutes can fit in one post.
Popular San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has come down hard on both proposed measures, supporting gay marriage with one hand and rallying against legalized prostitution with the other.
The prospect of the decriminalization of prostitution led Newsom to point to the surrounding Tenderloin district and tell his audience, “If Prop K passes, can you imagine living here? If people really knew what was happening in these massage parlors, there would be outrage.” Say what?
Freedom Watch: Apparently Prostitution Wasn’t Already Legal in San Francisco.
