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Texas votes for state constitutional ban on gay marriage.
Byline: Robert T. Garrett
AUSTIN, Texas _ Texans voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to bolster the state's ban on same-sex marriage by writing it into the state constitution, rejecting concerns that the broadly worded amendment could go much further than intended.
The measure swept most of the state's major urban counties, including Dallas and Tarrant. Overall, the amendment, Proposition 2 on the statewide ballot, prevailed by about a 3-to-1 ratio as voters decided nine amendments.
In many rural areas and smaller cities, Proposition 2 carried by runaway margins. An exception was Travis County, where opponents rallied college students against the amendment. In almost all of the rest of the state, though, the vote wasn't even close. And turnout appeared higher than usual for such an election.
"Texas is a huge conservative state and they've spoken on this issue," said Rep. Warren Chisum, the Pampa Republican who authored the amendment. "They're very family-oriented, ...
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