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by CamperBob2 2527 days ago
It was voted against throughout the country including liberal states such as California.

The relevant vote took place in 1868, when the states ratified the 14th Amendment.

A very small number of elites did.

And by "elites" you mean "Tax-exempt churches doing everything they possibly could to subvert, deny, and if possible eliminate peoples' existing rights." [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8