Gay marriage gets historic state-level wins  BALTIMORE (BP) --
In an election night that can only be described as historic for
gay marriage supporters, voters in two states and potentially a
third Nov. 6 embraced marriage redefinition, breaking a streak
that had seen them lose in 32 states dating back to 1998.  All
of the vote totals were fairly close and all took place in left-
leaning states, but it nevertheless was a landmark night for gay
activists who had longed to see citizens of a state embrace gay
marriage at the ballot.  In Maine, gay marriage won, 53-47
percent, three years after it lost by an identical margin.  In
Maryland, gay marriage was victorious, 52-48 percent.  In
Washington, the race had not been called but gay marriage held a
52-48 percent lead.  And in Minnesota, a constitutional
amendment that would have defined marriage as between a man and
a woman lost, 51-48 percent.  It was not the first time that a
marriage amendment lost -- Arizonans defeated a marriage
amendment in 2006 only to pas