How marriages fared during the US 2012 Election
Until Tuesday, no state had redefined marriage by popular vote . Indeed, 32 out of 32 states that put the issue to a vote defined marriage as a union of a man and a woman. But in this week’s election, citizens in Maine , Maryland , and Washington State all passed ballot initiatives redefining marriage to include same-sex relationships. Meanwhile, citizens in Minnesota failed to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a man and woman. (It remains so defined, however, by statutory law.) But a little perspective on the setback is in order. The results were close, and marriage did better in these deep blue states than Mitt Romney did. Of the four states that had marriage questions on the ballot, traditional marriage outperformed the presidential candidate in each and every one: - In Maine, Romney received 41 percent of the vote, while marriage received 47 percent. - In Maryland, Romney received 36 percent of the vote, while marriage received 48 perc