B
===========
Louisiana Voters Approve Gay-Marriage Ban
Sun Sep 19, 4:57 AM ET
By KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment Saturday banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment was winning approval with 78 percent of the vote, and support for it was evident statewide. Only in New Orleans, home to a politically strong gay community, was the race relatively close, and even there the amendment was winning passage. Turnout statewide appeared to be about 27 percent of Louisiana's 2.8 million voters, somewhat low for a state election.
Christian conservatives had conducted an intense grassroots lobbying campaign for the amendment, which had been expected to pass easily. The civil rights group Forum for Equality had already promised legal action against it
[...]
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=5&u=/ap/gay_marriage
===== "I'm not too worried by hegemony / I know the cadre will look after me" - Magazine, "Model Worker," 1978