Prospero
11-07-2012, 12:24 PM
Good news from maine and Maryland....
Voters Approve Same-Sex Marriage In 2 US States
By: Ria Novosti
November 7, 2012
US gay rights advocates claimed a major victory Tuesday as voters in the states of Maine and Maryland became the first to approve legalizing same-sex marriage, media reported.
“More people understand that this is a fundamental question of equality,” the boston.com website quoted Alison Smith, a resident of Portland, Maine as saying after the results of the ballot issue were announced there.
Same-sex marriage is already legal in six US states and the capital, Washington, DC. But it was legalized there only through legislative or court actions and the decisions in Maine and Maryland marked the first time in the United States that the issue was approved through a direct, popular vote.
It had been voted on in state measures 32 times before and was defeated every time.
A similar measure on whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage was also on the ballot in the state of Washington on Tuesday where the contests was reported to be tight and results not yet known.
Voters Approve Same-Sex Marriage In 2 US States
By: Ria Novosti
November 7, 2012
US gay rights advocates claimed a major victory Tuesday as voters in the states of Maine and Maryland became the first to approve legalizing same-sex marriage, media reported.
“More people understand that this is a fundamental question of equality,” the boston.com website quoted Alison Smith, a resident of Portland, Maine as saying after the results of the ballot issue were announced there.
Same-sex marriage is already legal in six US states and the capital, Washington, DC. But it was legalized there only through legislative or court actions and the decisions in Maine and Maryland marked the first time in the United States that the issue was approved through a direct, popular vote.
It had been voted on in state measures 32 times before and was defeated every time.
A similar measure on whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage was also on the ballot in the state of Washington on Tuesday where the contests was reported to be tight and results not yet known.