Gay marriage map

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I was unable to find the exact figures, but Virginia banned gay marriage as early as 1997 -and even banned civil unions, and forbade private companies from extending health insurance benefits to unmarried couples -especially impacting homosexuals.  Given that the amendment defining marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman -as with a civil unions ban- passed the House of Delegates by a 4 to 1 margin, and the state Senate by a 3 to 1 margin, I would have to assume that the gay marriage ban in 1997 also passed by margins as solid as those in Texas and Mississippi. 

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I don't think there was a referendum.

No, there wasn't -but then Jesus didn't specify whether he wanted us to give figures on those states that did, specifically, pass referendums banning gay marriage, or whether those gay marriage bans were passed by state legislatures. 

Either way, the gay marriage ban in Virginia probably passed solidly. 

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I don't think there was a referendum.

No, there wasn't -but then Jesus didn't specify whether he wanted us to give figures on those states that did, specifically, pass referendums banning gay marriage, or whether those gay marriage bans were passed by state legislatures. 

Either way, the gay marriage ban in Virginia probably passed solidly. 

I do mean referendums.

Great -then say so at the beginning of this thread. 

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Now we just need to spread that around the country. I suspect gay marraige would be banned in most states, New England would be the places I'd look for it to pass though.

And Hawai'i. 

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That looks a little better.

How come New England isn't more red?  I thought the one state still holding out against gay marriage was Rhode Island.