TEXANS EMBRACE TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE

Texans approve gay marriage ban (Dallas Morning News, 11/08/05)

With a measure to outlaw gay marriage passing easily, Texas on Tuesday became the 19th U.S. state to make the ban part of its constitution.

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Known as Proposition 2, the Texas constitutional amendment defines marriage as between a man and a woman and bars the state and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "any legal status identical or similar to marriage."

"I think Texans know that marriage is between a man and a woman, and children deserve both a mom and a dad. They don't need a Ph.D. or a degree in anything else to teach them that," said Kelly Shackelford, a leader Texans For Marriage, which favored the ban.

With nearly two-thirds of the precincts counted, 76 percent of voters statewide said they supported the gay-marriage ban, while 24 percent were opposed.

Texans were a bit late to the party (19th?!), but the decisive result makes up for it a little bit.