Gay marriage map

[bgwah]

updated 2/16

This is a map of all the states that have voted on gay marriage. Blue=ban.



These counties are the biggest homo-lovers
77% Charlottesville, VA
74% Arlington, VA
71% San Miguel, CO
70% Alexandria, VA
70% Pitkin, CO
69% Richmond City, VA
67% Dane, WI
66% Blaine, ID
65% Petersburg, VA
65% Clay, SD
65% Shannon, SD
65% Boulder, CO

[opebo]

Nice map, Jesus, though of course it is a very sad indictment. 

It would be neat to see a county map of the same civil rights violation as well!

[© tweed]

What are the different shades?  %ages that voted for the ban?

[True Democrat]

What are the different shades?  %ages that voted for the ban?

It's how strongly that state voted to ban gay marriage.  For example, over 50% of Oregon voted that way.

[minionofmidas]

Summit is one of the Dem's two bets to pick up a county in Utah (unless their old strength in Carbon revives, in that case it's one of their three bets). It's fairly touristic, but since the county town is called Coaldale I suppose it's got some old mining traditions as well. It's just across the mountains from Utah's most densely populated parts.

[MaC]

Nice map, Jesus, though of course it is a very sad indictment. 

It would be neat to see a county map of the same civil rights violation as well!

Only two democratic states voted for the ban.  Wait a bit for the rest-I'd be interested in seeing how the New England states vote.

[J-Mann]

I'm not sure what your requirement is for a "ban," but Kansas has a constitutional amendment defining marriage which was approved in April, which is effectively a ban on gay marriage.

[The Duke]

California voted 65% to ban gay marriage in 2000.

[bgwah]

Okay John, I'll take your word for it.

I looked up Kansas, it was 69.9% for a ban.

Updated the map for California and Kansas.

[© tweed]

Didn't Alaska and Colorado also ban gay marraige in 2000?  I remember reading that in Time magazine as a ten-year-old in the post-Election issue and wondering why 70% of people would want to ban gay marraige.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

What fine states, true American ones.

What exactly about a gay marriage ban makes them more "American"? 

Thankfully most of the Northeast is good, tolerant people.

[7,052,770]

how terribly unforunate, though not surprising

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Tennessee will have the ban on the ballot this year.

Banning gay marriage is fine.  The problem are the resolutions that ban civil unions or any other form of recognized partnerships as well.

[Sam Spade]

Travis County voted 59.94%-40.05% (81,170 to 54,246) against the Texas gay marriage amendment (only county to do so).  

The amendment passed 76.25%-23.75% statewide (1,723,782 to 536,913)

Amusingly, if you remove Travis County from the results, the percentage would increase to 78.56%-21.44% statewide.

[opebo]

Travis County voted 59.94%-40.05% (81,170 to 54,246) against the Texas gay marriage amendment (only county to do so).  

The amendment passed 76.25%-23.75% statewide (1,723,782 to 536,913)

Amusingly, if you remove Travis County from the results, the percentage would increase to 78.56%-21.44% statewide.

Similarly - and also amusing - if you remove Travis county from Texas the state's average IQ drops from 87 to 59!

[Frodo]

I was unable to find the exact figures, but Virginia banned gay marriage as early as 1997 -and even banned civil unions, and forbade private companies from extending health insurance benefits to unmarried couples -especially impacting homosexuals.  Given that the amendment defining marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman -as with a civil unions ban- passed the House of Delegates by a 4 to 1 margin, and the state Senate by a 3 to 1 margin, I would have to assume that the gay marriage ban in 1997 also passed by margins as solid as those in Texas and Mississippi. 

[A18]

I don't think there was a referendum.

[Ben.]

What fine states, true American ones.

And in what way is it “fine” or indicative of being “true American” to ban gay marriage.

I mean fair enough some folks dislike the concept of gay marriage… but I don’t think its indicative of anything either way, I’m sure there are plenty of fine, true Americans who favour gay marriage. 

I should certainly hope so as I for one would vote to legalise gay marriage… its simply not right that same sex couples in loving monogamous relationships not be allowed the same rights as similar heterosexual couples in stable loving relationships, faiths and church’s are free to have their own polices concerning marriage and they certainly should have but I simply don’t see why states should ban civil marriages for same sex couples. 

Its really is rather sad… and I think most folks know that I speak as a fairly conservative Democrat.         

[A18]

They do have the same rights. Each member of each has the right to marry someone of the opposite sex.

How about incestuous couples?

[Frodo]

I don't think there was a referendum.

No, there wasn't -but then Jesus didn't specify whether he wanted us to give figures on those states that did, specifically, pass referendums banning gay marriage, or whether those gay marriage bans were passed by state legislatures. 

Either way, the gay marriage ban in Virginia probably passed solidly. 

[Speed of Sound]

Nice map, Jesus, though of course it is a very sad indictment. 

It definetly does scare me. I feel like Im in Hell.

[A18]

I don't think there was a referendum.

No, there wasn't -but then Jesus didn't specify whether he wanted us to give figures on those states that did, specifically, pass referendums banning gay marriage, or whether those gay marriage bans were passed by state legislatures. 

Either way, the gay marriage ban in Virginia probably passed solidly. 

I mean the people didn't vote on it, which is of course what he's using, given that it's a shaded map and such.

[bgwah]

I don't think there was a referendum.

No, there wasn't -but then Jesus didn't specify whether he wanted us to give figures on those states that did, specifically, pass referendums banning gay marriage, or whether those gay marriage bans were passed by state legislatures. 

Either way, the gay marriage ban in Virginia probably passed solidly. 

I do mean referendums.

I can't find election results to California's vote, can anyone help? I'll have to put it back to grey if I can't confirm it!

[Emsworth]

I can't find election results to California's vote, can anyone help? I'll have to put it back to grey if I can't confirm it!

"California Proposition 22 (2000)" from Wikipedia is the best I could find.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

In Kentucky, I think Fayette County was the closest to not banning it. Jeffferson and Rowan (of all places) also came damn close.

I think Magoffin County was the worst, even though Kerry won that county. This is especially unusual because even on social issues like this, there are usually quite a few counties that are well to the right of Magoffin (such as Jackson or Monroe).