Louisiana Voters Approve Gay-Marriage Ban
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NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment Saturday banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.    With 99 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment was winning approval with 78 percent of the vote, and support for it was evident statewide...
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NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment Saturday banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.    With 95 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment was winning approval with 79 percent of the vote and support for it was evident statewide...
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A panel of New Jersey lawmakers approved a bill on Thursday that would create civil unions giving equal rights to gay and lesbian couple, shunning a push to call those partnerships "marriage."
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A controversial law that would give gay  and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt  children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain's Socialist  government Friday.
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NEW ORLEANS - Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said.    At least 35 precincts did not have voting machines because drivers hired to deliver the machines had apparently not shown up for work, said Scott Madere, a spokesman for Secretary of State Fox McKeithen...
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When it comes to statewide votes on gay marriage, the score so far is 20-0 in favor of keeping it a one-man, one-woman institution.
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Louisiana voters in early returns overwhelmingly supported consolidation of New Orleans area's levee boards, the government agencies whose politically appointed members took criticism after Hurricane Katrina for failing to maintain the area's levees and floodwalls.
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Louisiana will become the last U.S. state to outlaw cockfighting under a bill approved by the state legislature on Wednesday.
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A controversial law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain's Socialist government on Friday.
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Gay rights groups plan to limit challenges to constitutional amendments banning gay marriage that 11 states passed last week.
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In a coast-to-coast rejection of gay marriage, voters in 11 states approved constitutional amendments yesterday limiting marriage to one man and one woman.
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A controversial law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain&#39;s Socialist government Friday.
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State constitutional amendments to uphold marriage as the union of a man and a woman easily passed yesterday in all 11 states where it was on the ballot.
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In a resounding, coast-to-coast rejection of gay marriage, voters in 11 states approved constitutional amendments Tuesday limiting marriage to one man and one woman.
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NEW ORLEANS - Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots for hours Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said.    At least 59 precincts did not have voting machines when polls opened at 6 a.m...
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BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 18 -- Louisiana voters decided Saturday whether to approve a constitutional amendment to ban  same-sex marriage, one of as many as 12 such measures on ballots around the country this year.
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Louisiana residents on Saturday approved an amendment to the state constitution to overhaul flood and hurricane protection efforts in the region still struggling to rebuild from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.