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...Kwong said voters had mostly agreed with the Republican platform on specific policy issues on the ballot. “If you look at the single issues...the voters were all in tune with the Republican Party,” he said, specifically citing anti-affirmative action initiatives and same-sex marriage bans. “They just weren’t satisfied with the leadership.” “We had a big impact, but it was just a bad year for Republicans in general,” Souther said. Looking towards the future, Souther added...
Neither Hastert nor Gingrich elaborated on what constituted “San Francisco values,” but we all know what they were thinking. The city of San Francisco became one of the first cities in America to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004. If there is one issue Republicans are most anxious about besides terrorism, it’s gay marriage...
...Same-Sex Marriage • Tobacco Ballots • Raising the Minimum Wage • Abortion Ban • Marijuana • Affirmative Action Ban • The Votes That Really Count From property rights to abortion, a look at the key issues being decided in referendums and initiatives...
...Close behind, and perhaps more emotionally charged, is the same-sex marriage debate. Eight states are deciding on how to define marriage, whether to prohibit similar legal status, and in Colorado, create domestic partnerships. Kansas and Texas decided last year that marriage could only take place between a man and a woman. Earlier this year, Alabama passed a legislative referendum that prohibited the state from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, or even recognizing same-sex licenses issued in other states. In 2004, a total of 13 states passed same-sex marriage bans, and the ballot measures themselves were...
...impact in changing the voting," says Pamela Johnston Conover, a professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. But she warns that how voters do choose, based on the language on the ballots, could have a far-reaching effect effect on legal rights for same-sex couples. "Most of the ballots have components that go beyond the marriage issue. If passed, they have the potential to have a more wide-sweeping impact on gay and lesbian couples than the ballot initiatives that only look at same-sex marriage...