Commentary: Did you see all the signs opposing California's same-sex marriage measure? Neither did I

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : It was 2008, the year of Barack Obama's first campaign for president, but also the year of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in California.
49% : A little more than half of California voters ended up supporting Proposition 8, outlawing same-sex marriage in the state.
49% : The U.S. Supreme Court's rulings legalizing same-sex marriage -- in California and, two years later, nationwide -- allowed it to become common.
48% : I was covering marriage equality for the editorial board, writing several times a week about everything from gay couples' parenting rights to the economics of same-sex weddings.
44% : Maybe they had changed their minds about same-sex marriage or were just too busy with gardening.
42% : "Restore Marriage," the signs said, as though the advent of same-sex marriage had somehow eliminated all other weddings.
40% : The measure was immediately challenged in court, and in 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the defendants in the case had no legal standing, which meant that Proposition 8 was blocked and same-sex marriage could continue.

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