were you surprised?
I knew this was going to happen here in my home state of Alabama, but I have to laugh at the comments of utter morons like Joseph Rempert, Jr.
(See below. Italics mine.)
This is what we're up against, folks.
Gay marriage ban wins big in Alabama
6/6/2006, 11:29 p.m. CT
By JAY REEVES The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Alabama on Tuesday, granting what conservative supporters called additional protection for traditional families in a state where homosexual unions already are illegal.
With 86 percent of 3,240 precincts reporting, "yes" votes to approve the measure were leading "no" votes 641,113-146,553, or 81 percent to 19 percent.
Returns showed the amendment passing by wide margins in both rural and urban areas, north and south.
Joseph Rembert Jr. said he didn't go to the polls solely because of the amendment, but he was glad it was on the ballot.
"I'm all man, so I ain't got nothing to do with that," said Rembert, 32, of Montgomery. "I go by what the Bible says - man and woman."
But Gwen Carmack of Mobile said it's not the business of government to decide who can get married and who can't.
"I just prefer the state not do that. It's an individual choice," said Carmack, 56, a project manager in health care software.
(See below. Italics mine.)
This is what we're up against, folks.
Gay marriage ban wins big in Alabama
6/6/2006, 11:29 p.m. CT
By JAY REEVES The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Alabama on Tuesday, granting what conservative supporters called additional protection for traditional families in a state where homosexual unions already are illegal.
With 86 percent of 3,240 precincts reporting, "yes" votes to approve the measure were leading "no" votes 641,113-146,553, or 81 percent to 19 percent.
Returns showed the amendment passing by wide margins in both rural and urban areas, north and south.
Joseph Rembert Jr. said he didn't go to the polls solely because of the amendment, but he was glad it was on the ballot.
"I'm all man, so I ain't got nothing to do with that," said Rembert, 32, of Montgomery. "I go by what the Bible says - man and woman."
But Gwen Carmack of Mobile said it's not the business of government to decide who can get married and who can't.
"I just prefer the state not do that. It's an individual choice," said Carmack, 56, a project manager in health care software.