John replies: Yes, I am an American. It would have helped if you had dealt with my arguments in the blog article. For one thing, you might have noticed that, on “a separation between Church and State,” I actually favor separation of marriage and state. The government should get out of the marriage business entirely. But, so long as it is in the marriage business — you say “This is not a religious issue but a legal one” — the state ought to not redefine marriage, something the California Supreme Court did in May 2008. So the court’s decision ought to be reversed by passing Proposition 8.

As to that 95% figure, the references disproving it are here.

Although, ostensibly, Proposition 8 has no effect beyond California’s borders, activists on both sides of the marriage debate say whatever happens in November will have profound ramifications on the rest of the country.