Referenda: Good News for Women, Bad for Gays

clipped from www.cbsnews.com Voters across the country voted on variety of state ballot measures, including state Constitution amendments to ban gay marriage and restrictions on abortion. CBS News projects that voters in South Dakota voted down Measure 11, which would have prohibited abortions except in cases where the mother's life or health is at a substantial and irreversible risk, and in cases of reported rape and incest. If it had passed, it would likely have triggered a legal challenge which could have lead to the U.S. Supreme Court and a reconsideration of the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established the right to abortion. In Colorado, CBS News projects that voters rejected Amendment 48, which would have defined the term "person" to include any human being from the moment of fertilization.

Good on them. However, several states cast votes that they'll eventually regret.

In California, Prop. 8 wins. Marriage equality is dead in California -- the same is true of measures in Arizona and Florida. In Arkansas, gays are banned from adopting or becoming foster parents.

That's a shame -- literally. These are attitudes we'll all look back at with shame.