Dejection fills ballroom after gay marriage vote

Yahoo Gay News / AP via Yahoo! News  Nov 04 09

Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible. Full story...

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