Advocates and couples try to make sense of Tuesday’s ‘devastating’ vote results
Qnews Nov 05 09
Source: Bangor News, Associated Press, Portland Press Herald, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times
“Devastating” is an adjective often used in press articles to describe the results of Maine’s vote on Question 1 Tuesday that denies marriage rights to the state’s gay and lesbian couples.
Vote totals from the opposite side of the country were only slightly more hopeful. With Referendum 71, voters in Washington weighed in on a law that grants the rights and responsibilities of marriage to lesbian and gay couples, but specifically denies them the use of the term “marriage”. Full story...
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Qnews 2 days agoSource: Washington Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Bismarck Tribune
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