With 99% of precincts reporting, the amendment was winning approval with 78% of the vote, and support for it was evident statewide. Only in New Orleans, home to a politically strong gay community, was the race relatively close, and even there the amendment was winning passage. Turnout statewide appeared to be about 27% of Louisiana's 2.8 million voters, somewhat low for a state election.It looks like the people of Louisiana knew exactly what they needed to do. They didn't buy this argument, either:
Louisiana already has a law stating that marriage can be only between a man and woman.Without a constitutional amendment, a state is left wide open to judicial tyranny...
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