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AmP Countdown: Time left before my local coverage of the 2009 March for Life begins: 2009-01-21 23:59:59 GMT-05:00


Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Picking up the pieces (recap post)

Yes, Barack Obama won 349-173, and by about 7 million votes nationally. The Senate is Democratic 56 to 40 with 4 seats undecided (still?!), but it's highly unlikely the Democrats will reach a super majority of 60. The House is Democratic 258-173, a gain of 17 at least.
Okay, on to ballot innitiatives....
  • It looks like Prop 8 in CA - which would ban gay marriage in that state - will win. Arizona and Florida bans on Gay Marriage and Arkansas' ban on gay adoption also passed. Good news.
  • Pro-life initiatives in Colorado, California and South Dakota have lost. Bad news.
  • In Michigan, pro-embryonic stem cell research proposal 2 passed by 4%. More bad news.
  • And Doctor-Assisted Suicide is now legal in Washington. Even more bad news.

So what happened? Anti-gay marriage legislation won .... pro-life legislation lost, and badly.

We've got our work cut out for us.

update: some early numbers on how Catholics voted...

  • Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly went for McCain 54-45%.
  • Catholics who attend Mass less than weekly went Obama 61-37%

What can we take from this? One obvious conclusion: Catholics who don't feel obligated (or desire) to attend Mass probably won't feel obligated (or desire) to inform their conscience either.

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