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Originally Posted by gariig
Just to let you all know, 74% of Texans didn't vote on this. It was more like 17% of the total population voted on this and of that 17% of the total population 74% of them(or about 12% of the total population) voted to ban ALL marriage. Quite honestly, it's stupid. Massachuesettes(sp) has legalized gay marriage and guess what they have not fallen off the state. Quite honestly, it's one of the best states in the union as far as unemployment, education, quality of living, etc. Funny how most of the worst states in the union are taking this stance..
O, Bible Belt according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_belt
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You're right. I never thought of it like that, but this gives even less credibility to this form of direct democracy.