And Florida, despite finally turning blue and bringing it home for Obama,
also seems to have passed one of the most monstrous of the anti-gay-marriage
constitutional amendments around, by a narrow margin.

Rebecca

On 11/5/08, Callahan, Joan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> This is a GREAT day for the U.S.
>
> But please don't forget that Americans continue to ensure that certain
> inequalities will be written into law --
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>
> Yahoo News, November 5, 2008
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> LOS ANGELES - California's proposed constitutional amendment banning
> same-sex marriage - and with it the personal lives of thousands of gay
> couples - hinged on about 3 million absentee and provisional ballots early
> Wednesday.
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> Sponsors of the ban - widely seen as the most momentous of the nation's 153
> ballot measures - declared victory, but the measure's opponents said too
> many votes remained uncounted for the race to be called.
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> The amendment would limit marriage to heterosexual couples, the first time
> such a vote has taken place in a state where gay unions are legal.
>
> Even without the wait, gay rights activists had a rough day Tuesday.
> Ban-gay-marriage amendments were approved in Arizona and Florida, and gay
> rights forces suffered a loss in Arkansas, where voters approved a measure
> banning unmarried couples from serving as adoptive or foster parents.
> Supporters made clear that gays and lesbians were their main target. . . . .
>