Lifestyle | Proposition 8 Calif. Ban on Gay Marriage Losing Steam Prop. 8 proponents fall off after change in language explicitly limits personal rights By Harry Kimball Posted Sep 18, 2008 2:15 PM CDT Copied Proposition 8 supporter Jeff Zaine, right, asks voter Dionisio Tonel, left, about his thoughts on gay marriage during a poll of voters. (AP Photo) More Californians are opposing a gay-marriage ban there after language in the measure was made more explicit, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A Field Poll showed a sharp increase in the majority who would vote no, from 51% in July to 55% today. A clause that would place a “limit on marriage” was changed to “eliminates the right of same-sex couples to marry.” Read These Next Giuliani injured in high-speed highway crash. A game of doorbell ditch turns fatal for 11-year-old. Iran's leaders ditched their phones. Their bodyguards didn't. It's an unexpected footnote in the life of Buford Pusser. Report an error