Today was voting day and one of the issues on the Texas ballots was for a state amendment that banned gay marriage.
The constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage.
And, the Dallas Morning News is reporting that the amendment has passed (bugmenot), with Texas becoming the 19th state to pass such a measure.
With half of the precincts counted, 76 percent of voters statewide said they supported the gay-marriage ban, while 24 percent were opposed. In Dallas County, the margin was narrower, with 64 percent in favor and 36 percent opposed. […]
I can’t say that I understand why so many people feel this way. Though I had a hunch the ban would go through, I didn’t think it would be by such a wide margin.
Maybe there are just a lot of people in Texas who believe that old joke about the only two types to come out of Texas – one of which being ‘steers’?
The ban passed? Seriously? How gay.
Makes me sad to be a texan.
There is a really intense debate going on about this over at riled up: http://riledup.com/debate/303/should-gay-people-have-the-same-right-to-marriage-as-straight-people
Too bad to be banned from marriage. :(