Alabama voters
overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment
on Tuesday that bans same-sex marriage, The
Press-Register of Mobile reports. Returns showed the
marriage amendment passing by wide margins in both
rural and urban areas.
Since 1998,
Alabama law has prohibited same-sex marriage and refused to
recognize such unions from other jurisdictions. The passage
of the amendment puts those provisions in the state's
constitution.
Joseph Rembert
Jr. told the Press-Â Register he didn't go to the polls solely
because of the amendment, but he was glad it was on the
ballot. "I'm all man, so I ain't got nothing to do
with that," said Rembert, 32, of Montgomery. "I go by
what the Bible says--man and woman."
But Gwen Carmack
of Mobile said it's not the business of government to
decide who can get married and who can't. "I just prefer the
state not do that. It's an individual choice," said
Carmack, 56, a project manager in health care
software. (The Advocate)