Voters reject gay marriage and abortion restrictions

Posted by Ann Friedman at 11:30 PM on November 7, 2006.

Plus four states vote to raise the minimum wage.

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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.

Tagged as: abortion, gay marriage, election06, minimum wage

Ann Friedman is AlterNet's managing editor and an editor at Feministing.com.

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