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Christian30 Donating Member (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:37 PM
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Same sex marriage ban heading toward defeat in AZ
Currently 52% of the votes are AGAINST the ban with 68% of precincts reporting. If this continues, the LGBT community would have it's first victory in one of these anti-gay marriage ballot measures.

Everyone cross their fingers...
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:38 PM
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1. Here's hoping!
thanks
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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:39 PM
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2. fingers crossed here. nt
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:39 PM
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3. that is really great news so far nt
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deepthought42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:40 PM
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4. OH please let it be so!
It hurts to see when a state votes against gay marriage...I just don't get it.
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noahmijo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:41 PM
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7. Worse. This prop takes away current benefits for domestic partners as well
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SouthernBelle82 Donating Member (879 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:41 PM
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5. Good!
I hope so! Here in Tn the antigay nonsense won. ugh.
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dbackjon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:48 PM
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13. One reason my partner and I are moving back to AZ
Can't take the Fundies here in TN.
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noahmijo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:41 PM
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6. How fucking embarassing that it is even this close
Edited on Tue Nov-07-06 11:42 PM by noahmijo
Well Arizona has made me proud but sad, but at least 107 will be defeated...it's currently winning over in nutville, Phoenix (no offense Phoenix progressives but let's face it it's Maricopa that brings Repug victories)
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:42 PM
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True, but may it end the right way.
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dbackjon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:42 PM
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8. On pins and needles
Much of rural Arizona has not reported in though, so not out of the woods yet.
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Behind the Aegis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:42 PM
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9. Let's hope it continues the way it is going!
fingers, legs, and eyes all crossed!
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AZBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:43 PM
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10. It should lose - they ran a great campaign against it.
And, it's not as huge a victory for LGBT as you might think. Gay marriage is illegal here. This proposition wouldn't have affected gay marriage at all - it was just prefaced that way in hopes of gaining support. But, the opposition clearly pointed that out and also pointed out that all this proposition would do is cut benefits for the partners and children of many unmarried workers, whether gay, straight, green, purple or blue! I have a feeling the real push behind this proposition was big business - hoping to cut their health care costs.
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Xeric Donating Member (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:45 PM
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11. hope so
But as a gay man I feel like I wasn't invited to the party tonight. So much hate in so many states, Even ones that went dem. What do we have to do to get equal rights? And what bugs me even more is that exit polls show that minorities voted in big numbers for these bigot amendments.
Wish I could be a little more upbeat tonight.
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 11:45 PM
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12. wow
Nice!!!
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