5 states approve gay marriage ban
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BALLOT PROPOSALS: 5 states approve gay marriage ban
South Dakotans reject tough abortion law
November 8, 2006
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Amendments to ban gay marriage were approved Tuesday in South Carolina, Idaho, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Virginia, as voters in 37 states considered a total of 205 ballot measures.
Eight states had proposed amendments to ban gay marriage; results were pending in Arizona, Colorado and South Dakota. Colorado voters also had a measure that would grant domestic-partnership rights to same-sex couples.
In South Dakota, voters rejected a toughest-in-the-nation law that would have banned virtually all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.
Six states had measures to raise the minimum wage. They passed in Missouri, Montana, Ohio and Nevada; results were pending in Arizona and Colorado.
In Missouri, a proposed amendment would allow stem-cell research.
Missouri -- along with Arizona, South Dakota and California -- also had a sharp increase in tobacco taxes on its ballot. In California, tobacco companies spent more than $56 million fighting a tax increase that would boost the price of cigarettes to an average of $6.55 a pack.
More money -- $133 million -- was raised in the fight over a California proposal to tax companies drilling for oil in the state. The proposal would raise $4 billion to promote alternative fuels and energy-efficient vehicles.
In Ohio, voters approved a ban on smoking in public places and rejected a rival measure that would have exempted bars, bowling alleys and racetracks.
Nevada and Colorado had measures that would legalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by anyone 21 and older.
A measure in Rhode Island would restore voting rights to felons on probation and parole.
Eleven states, including Michigan, considered eminent-domain measures barring the government from taking private property for a private use; Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire and South Carolina approved them overwhelmingly.
South Dakota voters could make their state the first to strip immunity from judges, exposing them to possible lawsuits, fines and jail for their actions on the bench.
Arizona voters had the most ballot measures -- 19 -- including one that would have given $1 million to a randomly selected voter in each general election. It lost.
South Dakotans reject tough abortion law
November 8, 2006
Email this Print this ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amendments to ban gay marriage were approved Tuesday in South Carolina, Idaho, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Virginia, as voters in 37 states considered a total of 205 ballot measures.
Eight states had proposed amendments to ban gay marriage; results were pending in Arizona, Colorado and South Dakota. Colorado voters also had a measure that would grant domestic-partnership rights to same-sex couples.
In South Dakota, voters rejected a toughest-in-the-nation law that would have banned virtually all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.
Six states had measures to raise the minimum wage. They passed in Missouri, Montana, Ohio and Nevada; results were pending in Arizona and Colorado.
In Missouri, a proposed amendment would allow stem-cell research.
Missouri -- along with Arizona, South Dakota and California -- also had a sharp increase in tobacco taxes on its ballot. In California, tobacco companies spent more than $56 million fighting a tax increase that would boost the price of cigarettes to an average of $6.55 a pack.
More money -- $133 million -- was raised in the fight over a California proposal to tax companies drilling for oil in the state. The proposal would raise $4 billion to promote alternative fuels and energy-efficient vehicles.
In Ohio, voters approved a ban on smoking in public places and rejected a rival measure that would have exempted bars, bowling alleys and racetracks.
Nevada and Colorado had measures that would legalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by anyone 21 and older.
A measure in Rhode Island would restore voting rights to felons on probation and parole.
Eleven states, including Michigan, considered eminent-domain measures barring the government from taking private property for a private use; Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire and South Carolina approved them overwhelmingly.
South Dakota voters could make their state the first to strip immunity from judges, exposing them to possible lawsuits, fines and jail for their actions on the bench.
Arizona voters had the most ballot measures -- 19 -- including one that would have given $1 million to a randomly selected voter in each general election. It lost.
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To bad for you that the state you live in will soon allow it.
I guees many people in this country view homosexuals as second rate citizens.
Misconceptions and not understanding.
They also hold a, in all honesty, unrealistic viewpoint on marriage and how "sacred" it is.
Agree. Marriage hasn't been sacred in this country for a long time.