US election: America goes liberal
Nov 7, 2012 7:53:04 GMT -5
Post by popcorn on Nov 7, 2012 7:53:04 GMT -5
US election: America goes liberal with gay marriage, abortion and cannabis votes 
US states backed legalising marijuana for recreational use, allowing gay marriage and rejected a call to ban public funding for abortions, in a swathe of statewide ballots Tuesday
Follow our US Election coverage as Barack Obama defeats Mitt Romney and is re-elected as President.
The generally liberal moves were decided among more than 170 ballot initiatives and referendums held across the country, as it re-elected Democratic President Barack Obama for four more years.
Mr Obama came out in favour of gay marriage months before the election which pitted him against Republican rival Mitt Romney, who insists that marriage should be reserved for a relationship between a man and a woman.
During his first four-year term Mr Obama had also fulfilled a pledge to repeal the controversial Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) law banning openly gay servicemen and women from serving in the US military.
Three states voted Tuesday to legalise same-sex marriage, including Maine – which voted in a referendum against it in 2009, but reversed that decision with 54 per cent in favour to 46 per cent against.
read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9660532/US-election-America-goes-liberal-with-gay-marriage-abortion-and-cannabis-votes.html
US states backed legalising marijuana for recreational use, allowing gay marriage and rejected a call to ban public funding for abortions, in a swathe of statewide ballots Tuesday
Follow our US Election coverage as Barack Obama defeats Mitt Romney and is re-elected as President.
The generally liberal moves were decided among more than 170 ballot initiatives and referendums held across the country, as it re-elected Democratic President Barack Obama for four more years.
Mr Obama came out in favour of gay marriage months before the election which pitted him against Republican rival Mitt Romney, who insists that marriage should be reserved for a relationship between a man and a woman.
During his first four-year term Mr Obama had also fulfilled a pledge to repeal the controversial Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) law banning openly gay servicemen and women from serving in the US military.
Three states voted Tuesday to legalise same-sex marriage, including Maine – which voted in a referendum against it in 2009, but reversed that decision with 54 per cent in favour to 46 per cent against.
read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9660532/US-election-America-goes-liberal-with-gay-marriage-abortion-and-cannabis-votes.html
