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 Maryland joins a handful of other states that voted to legalize same-sex marriage on Tuesday. Supporters of the measure cheered and those opposed admitted defeat. Minnesota made history by voting against a constitutional amendment that would have excluded same-sex couples from marriage, and rejected lawmakers who advanced the amendment. Make that four for four: Washington State becomes the first on the West Coast to legalize same-sex marriage. LGBT activists burst with joy Wednesday morning when they learned that Maine voters passed a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in the state. New England has gone from Puritan morality to become the most advanced region on gay issues. Yesterday’s decision by Iowa voters to keep Justice David Wiggins on the bench of the State Supreme Court sends a message that they are ready to accept same-sex marriage and have finally accepted an independent judiciary. Openly lesbian Democrat Tammy Baldwin made history last night, emerging victorious over Republican Tommy Thompson in the battle to become the first Wisconsin woman and the first openly LGBT person to serve in the U.S. Senate. Scandal-plagued Democratic U.S. Rep. John Tierney fended off a fierce challenge from Republican Richard Tisei on Tuesday to win re-election. EDGE Media Network reached out to the nation’s LGBT organizations before Election Day to ask what they wanted to see from the new president, from HIV funding to protection of service members and seniors, to combating homelessness and bullying. Voters in Maryland approved same-sex marriage in a repudiation of certain religious figures, adding to Maine’s same-sex marriage vote. In Iowa, voters did not vote to turn out the state’s chief judge for his decision on same-sex marriage. |
