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...ban on dog racing proved to be the most controversial of the three—it passed 56 to 44, the smallest margin of the initiatives...
...Besides Missouri, a handful of other states considered constitutional amendments relevant to current political dialogue. Colorado voted on an amendment that would protect life from the moment of fertilization, as well as one that would ban affirmative action (both failed). California rejected an amendment proposing abortion limits but passed one banning gay marriage. Florida and Arizona, likewise, constitutionally banned gay marriage. Nebraska passed a constitutional ban on affirmative action, and Michigan approved an amendment allowing stem cell research. Arkansas, with a 57 percent majority, made it constitutionally illegal for a gay couple to adopt children. Regardless of your personal beliefs...
Students and faculty voiced mixed reactions to the passage of California Proposition 8, reflecting on the implications of the gay marriage ban both for themselves and the nation. “Maybe we’re not as liberal as we think,” said Katherine A. Mills ’11, a California resident who said that she voted against the ballot initiative. “I’m just disappointed, but I’m hoping that with an African-American president, our ideals of equality will be stronger and we’ll be able...
...California and Florida - voted to change their constitutions to define marriage as a heterosexuals-only institution. The losses cut deep on the gay side. Arizona had rejected just such a constitutional amendment only two years ago. It had been the first and only state to have rebuffed a constitutional ban on marriage equality. In Florida, where the law requires constitutional amendments to win by 60%, a marriage amendment passed with disturbing ease...
...likely to attend church than whites and less likely to be comfortable with equality for gay people. According to CNN, African Americans voted against marriage equality by a wide margin, 69% to 31%. High turnout of African Americans in Florida probably help explain that state's lopsided vote to ban same-sex weddings...