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Voters reject gay marriage and abortion restrictions
Both good and bad outcomes on various ballot initiatives.
First off, there's that overturned South Dakota abortion ban. It also looks like both California and Oregan will reject parental notification for abortion. And Missouri, Nevada, Ohio and Montana voted overwhelmingly to raise the minimum wage. Plus, Missouri looks likely to approve stem-cell research.
However, seven states (Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin) banned same-sex marriage. At this writing, Arizona was leaning that way, too. Arizona also made English its official language. And Michigan voted to restrict affirmative action.
UPDATE: Now it looks like Arizona will reject the gay marriage ban. Awesome.
| Also by Ann Friedman | ||||
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Man Rapes Woman As Several Bystanders Watch Ann Friedman: Maybe the rapist was thinking that, because everyone seemed to ignore what was going on, it wasn't really happening. August 27, 2007. |
Wife-Spanking 101: Neither Parody Nor Porn Ann Friedman: What if you wife won't "behave"? Uber-conservative Christian patriarchs everywhere now have a solution! August 24, 2007. |
Billionaire women signal end of inequality! Ann Friedman: Do heiresses prove there's no glass ceiling? March 15, 2007. |
NYT editor says women are bad military history writers Ann Friedman: NY Times Book Review ed. has "Larry Summers" moment. February 23, 2007. |
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