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josh
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posted 04 August 2004 09:31 AM      Profile for josh     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the State Constitution barring gay marriage, becoming the first state to answer what has become a growing question since same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts.

With 93 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment had garnered 70 percent of the vote.

Voters in at least 9 other states - and perhaps as many as 12 - are expected to consider similar amendments this fall, so advocates on both sides of the debate were intensely watching Missouri's results, anxious about what they might say about voters elsewhere in the weeks ahead.

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Louisiana plans a vote on a marriage amendment on Sept. 18. In November, people in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah are expected to consider similar measures. Ballot initiatives are awaiting approval in Michigan, North Dakota and Ohio. Four states - Alaska, Hawaii, Nebraska and Nevada - already passed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage before the Massachusetts ruling.


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/04/national/04gays.html?hp

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Michelle
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posted 04 August 2004 11:13 AM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Dumbasses.

Sanctions! Sanctions!


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swallow
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posted 04 August 2004 12:29 PM      Profile for swallow     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
What a blow for Moral Decency (TM). Maybe next they'll bring back Missouri's ban on inter-racial marriage. Ashcrofts.
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