I'm sorry to have missed this comment when it was first posted. It's been kind of crazy around here.

I totally understand your nervousness. I think the fact that it only takes a simply majority on a ballot initiative to amend the constitution is grounds for great nervousness. On the other hand, I suppose it is also grounds for some amount of optimism. Technically, I suppose, it means that the constitution can be amended very frequently should people decide to organize for change. Maybe this is a good reminder that people living in states with such simple amendment procedures should start combing through their constitutions for things that need changing.

And in California specifically it means that those who want to see equality protected need to organize voters in large numbers. Let us know if we can be helfpful at Sex In The Public Square. Unfortunately none of the site's founders are able to vote in California, but we are prepared to help mobilize voters there, to be certain! And California is our second largest source of readers after New York. Let us know what you need. And we'll keep following the story.

...because public space really matters!

Elizabeth