Voters pass gay marriage bans around the country
Arkansas voters approved a measure 57 to 43 percent Tuesday to ban all homosexual and unmarried couples from caring for foster children, according to the Arkansas Democrat- Gazette.
Elsewhere across the country voters chose similarly on gay rights.
In Florida, where gay marriage is already illegal, voters chose by a 62 percent tally to permanently legislate that gay marriage should be banned, according to the Miami Herald.
Arizona also acted to ban gay marriage, as 56 percent of voters chose to amend the state constitution to define marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman.
Proposition 8, which would constitutionally ban gay marriage, in California is leading the polls with 25 percent of precincts reporting.
Comments (5)
1 a.m., Nov. 5, 2008
a said:
Joe, go make some attempt to learn about the hundreds of rights inherent in marriage and spend some real quality time thinking about the influence (malleable or no) of your own sexual orientation over your life before you say bullsh*t like that.
1:22 a.m., Nov. 5, 2008
Megga Ditto said:
Ya know what's funny, the Gays are now blaming the blacks for Prop 8 passage in CA - aren't they the ones that contibuted to B.O. ??? Oh the humanity ....
1:25 a.m., Nov. 5, 2008
b said:
So far equality for all means anything goes. It shouldn't, but so far... For instance, if a bisexual (the B of LGBT) is to wed, they would only wed two of the 3 people involved, one is left out ? You might as well say, don't be a triophobe, equality for all, stop the hate. I have not seen any rational for 'equality for all' restricting marriage to two people at a time.
12:31 p.m., Nov. 5, 2008
a said:
There isn't really any reason to debate the relevance of multiparty marriage (a completely separate legal issue) until we recognize that bisexuals aren't necessarily simultaneously in relationships with both men and women. There's no logical reason to assume they'd be more prone to polygamy or polyamorous relationships than heterosexuals or homosexuals.
12:51 a.m., Nov. 5, 2008
Joe said:
If someone wanted to wed a car, why not? How about a 3-way marriage? And who's to say I can't wed a horse? How about a child?