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[solarbird]

Same-sex marriage ban rejected in Arizona in historic first
The Advocate
November 8, 2006

http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid39285.asp

Arizona became the first state to defeat an amendment to ban same-sex marriage Tuesday, bucking a strong national trend by refusing to change its constitution to define marriage as a one-man, one-woman institution. The measure also would have forbidden civil unions and domestic partnerships.

1-7 doesn't sound good until you realise hey - you're comparing it to 0-18. And all the margins were closer. There's a step forward somewhere in those two steps back...

Comments

[desert-dragon42.livejournal.com]

We did good on that one. I'm disappointed with some of other propositions though.

It's not THE reason in VA, but it doesn't help

[flirtaciousj.livejournal.com]

I live in Northern Virginia, and a friend of mine heard this (http://greyathena.livejournal.com/92329.html) while leaving her polling place.

[jarandhel.livejournal.com]

I wonder what effect, if any, new breakthroughs in AIDs research will have on some of the (baseless) fears that stand at the root of this anti-gay sentiment?

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

er. homophobia infinitely predates aids. if anything, one of the "silver linings" of hiv has been in making more people come out and more people aware that gay folks are, umm, folks.

not that i disagree that a meaningful (to people's everyday lives) advance in hiv prevention and treatment wouldn't help reduce homophobia. only that the aids epidemic era is actually less homophobic than most of american history.

Re: It's not THE reason in VA, but it doesn't help

[dpawtows.livejournal.com]

One can hope that an equal number of idiots on the other side made the inverse error.