The Wins
- Same-sex marriage ban REJECTED in Arizona! (the first in the nation)
- South Dakota rejected a law that would ban abortions except to save a pregnant woman's life
- Missouri voted in support of stem-cell research
- 6 states voted to raise their minimum wage above the federal level bringing the total to 29 states with minimum wages above the federal level
- America didn't buy into the Republican Family Values b.s. (it probably didn't help that quite a few high profile republicans have been caught in sex scandals and corruption recently)
- Indiana got rid of Representative John Hostettler, the guy who thinks there's a "homosexual agenda" (I'm sorry, since when is equal rights an "agenda"?) and author of the draft of the Marriage Protection Act
- Pennsylvania gave Senator Rick Santorum the boot who, btw, held the 3rd highest seat in the GOP (he's the guy who said if you grant the right for people to have gay sex then you grant people the right to incest, adultery, polygamy and bigamy)
- And ... Senator George Allen of Virginia CONCEDED to his democratic opponent, Jim Webb!!! (Allen voted 2 times in favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment - Webb does not support the Amendment. Unfortunately, Virginia was one of those states where the measure did pass, but only by a small margin.)
The Losses
- 7 states approved same-sex marriage bans (bringing the total to 27 states across the nation)
- Voters in Michigan approved a ban on some affirmative action programs
- Colorado and Arizona passed measures targeting illegal immigrants
