Every Major Newspaper in California Opposes Prop 8

So far as I can tell, every major newspaper in California has come out against Prop 8. Not just the supposedly liberal "big city" papers, but in more Republican strongholds like Orange County, San Diego and Contra Costa County, and in the inland cities like Fresno, Stockton, Redding, Bakersfield, and Tracy. I have yet to find a newspaper anywhere in California that has come out in favor of Prop 8.

• "Fundamental rights are exactly that. They should neither wait for popular acceptance, nor be revoked because it is lacking."
  —Los Angeles Times endorses NO on Prop 8
  
• "it is only fair that it afford equal protection to all who choose to make loving lifelong commitments to one another. We recommend a "no" vote on Prop. 8."
  —Orange County Register
  
• "Should we use the state constitution to take the right to marry from a particular group of people? We believe that notion is wrong, and recommend a "no" vote on Proposition 8."
  —Fresno Bee
  
• "To approve Proposition 8 is to codify discrimination. Californians cannot let that happen."
  —Stockton Record
  
• "Californians need to move beyond the divisiveness that Prop. 8 has engendered and embrace tolerance and reconciliation. Live and let live. We recommend a NO vote on Prop. 8."
  —Bakersfield Californian
  
• "Just as an individual's sexual orientation is not a legitimate basis on which to deny housing or a job, it is not a legitimate basis on which to deny individuals the right to marry. Californians should reject the call to amend the state constitution to exclude some people from marriage. That would be a black mark on the constitution, just as past exclusionary acts remain a stain on California's history."
  —Sacramento Bee
  
• "Gay and lesbian couples deserve the same dignity and respect in marriage that heterosexual couples have long enjoyed. We urge a No vote on Proposition 8."
  —San Diego Union-Tribune
  
• "We strongly urge voters to carefully consider the harm Prop. 8 would do not just to gays, but to all Californians, and reject the initiative. "
  —Contra Costa Times
  
• "The idea of using a ballot measure to single out a certain group of Californians for denial of individual rights - based on their sexual orientation - would represent an ugly distortion of the very purpose of a constitution. ... Californians should reject Proposition 8."
  —San Francisco Chronicle
  
• "The state constitution should never be amended to limit Californians' right to their own personal and religious beliefs. It should scrupulously uphold equal rights under the law. That is what it now does, based on a state Supreme Court ruling this year affirming a right to same-sex marriage. Voters should not take the extraordinary step of amending the constitution to take a right away. They should reject Proposition 8."
  —San Jose Mercury News
  
• "The Star urges a "no" vote on Proposition 8, which would embed discrimination in the California Constitution."
  —Ventura County Star
  
• "Same-sex vows cause no harm to our families. The reasons given for Proposition 8 just don’t stand up to scrutiny."
  —Redding Record Searchlight
  
• "The decision to marry is those couples' business, and no one else's. There is no compelling public policy reason to reverse that arrangement, and voters should say no to Prop. 8."
  —Riverside Press-Enterprise
  
• "In our view, Proposition 8 is a misguided and unconstitutional proposal. We urge voters to reject Proposition 8."
  —Napa Valley Register
  
• "Same-sex marriage does not diminish marriage between a man and a woman. It's a basic civil right that everyone - regardless of gender - should have. The time has come. Therefore, we oppose Proposition 8."
  —Palm Springs Desert Sun
  
• "The freedom to marry is fundamental in our society, just like the freedoms of religion and speech. Our laws should treat everyone equally. No on 8."
  —Tracy Press
  
• "Even people with reservations about same-sex marriage should consider the import of voting against a legal right. We support the right under California law for gays and lesbians to marry. Vote no on Proposition 8."
  —Santa Cruz Sentinel
  
• "All loving, committed couples should have the right to marry, with all the benefits and obligations that relationship incurs. That's the law now in California, and it should remain the law."
  —Merced Sun Star
  
• "The arguments against same-sex marriages seem close to arguments against mixed-race marriages you'd hear back in the '60s. Hopefully we'll get beyond all that some day. Vote no on Proposition 8."
  —Chico Enterprise-Record
  
• "The California Supreme Court has quite rationally decreed that the state has no power to take away anyone's right to marry the partner of her or his choice. We agree. Vote "no" on Proposition 8 on Nov. 4."
  —San Gabriel Valley Tribune
  
• "Advocates of Proposition 8 offer several arguments, but none of them stand up to close scrutiny."
  —Santa Rosa Press Democrat
  
• "No sea aceptable imponer estas creencias a toda la sociedad y, mucho menos, cambiar la Constitución de California. Estamos con el NO a la Proposición 8."
  —La Opinión
  
• "Vote NO on Proposition 8"
  —La Prensa San Diego
  
• "8 NO. Our California Constitution guarantees the same freedoms and rights to everyone - no one group should be singled out or treated differently."
  —Asian Week
  
• "Reject Proposition 8. California is better than that."
  —LA Daily News
  
• "Who gets to define marriage? If it is the state, then constitutionally, we all must be treated the same."
  —The Daily Breeze
  
• "It is morally deficient to codify intolerance, and wrong to deprive certain citizens of basic rights on no higher grounds than the prejudice of others. But the presence among Prop. 8 detractors of major California companies like PG&E, AT&T, Google and Levi Strauss illustrates that this issue speaks to economics as well, if somewhat more quietly than to equity and civil liberty. Prop. 8 fails this test, too, pointing California toward a less promising future."
  —San Francisco Business Times
  
• "NO, NO, NO"
  —San Francisco Bay Guardian