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November 5, 2008

Voters Back Gay Marriage Bans
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Americans also voted on more than a hundred ballot measures nationwide.
In South Dakota, voters rejected a ban on abortions. Michigan voters
approved the use of medical marijuana. Colorado voters defeated a
measure that would have defined life as beginning at conception. In
Massachusetts, a ballot initiative calling for the decriminalization of
marijuana has passed. The most closely watched initiatives dealt with
gay marriage. In California, Proposition 8 appears headed for approval.
The Proposition would amend the California constitution to specify that
only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in
California. Voters also passed gay marriage bans in Arizona and Florida.



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