US Election 2012 Discussion

The Minnesota bill wasn't to approve Gay marriage. It was to make the anti gay marriage law they have part of the Minn constitution. The correct vote on this was "No." According to this article, the "No" won. The next step is law suits, like in CA. Of course, if the Supreme Court would just finally finsih the CA cases, none of this would be necessary.
So, I am very surprised that a state that elected Obamam & rejected the anti gay constitutional ammendment, did elect Backman!

Minnesota voters have rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.

The vote is a major victory for gay rights activists and their allies, who had never won an election on the issue. They also won ballot questions Tuesday on gay rights in Maine and Maryland.

It doesn't change things in Minnesota. A state law still makes gay marriage illegal.

Supporters of the amendment had said it was necessary to make it tougher for courts or the Legislature to overturn the law. But opponents raised millions to persuade voters it amounted to discrimination.

ETA: Tell your husband that the young voters are probably the most informed among us!! My experience is they actually study the issues, whereas older voters go with status quo!
Interesting that analyists, last night, said that the Obama voter % rose among women, the young, and minorities. The only category it went down in (not by much) was white men. It went from 43% in 2008 to 40% in 2012.
This is just an observation (by me) on aging men that I know, but they seem to have a harder time "changing with the times."

Tell him to read this, he might feel better. :D

www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2012/11/obama_the_moderate_republican_what_the_2012_election_should_teach_the_gop.html