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Old November 5th, 2008 #1
Peer Fischer
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Arizona voters OK anti-gay marriage amendment

This time, Arizona voters said “yes” to a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

Proposition 102, a stripped-down version of the one rejected at the polls two years ago, was passing 56 percent to 44 percent with 81 percent of the precincts reporting Tuesday night. The measure was simplified with the hopes of a different outcome, and the strategy worked.

In 2006, voters made normally socially conservative Arizona the only state to reject a same-sex marriage ban on the ballot.

Unlike that more complicated measure, the proposal before voters this year was stripped down to 20 words: “Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state.”

The measure carried no immediate practical impact since same-sex marriage already is banned under a 1996 Arizona law. Supporters said adding the ban to the constitution would prevent judges from one day overturning that law.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...ge1104-ON.html
 
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