http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7711127.stm Page last updated at 21:24 GMT, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 California bans same-sex marriage BBC 翻译: phyton Californian voters have chosen to ban same-sex marriage, months after it was legalised by the state's top court. 数月之前，加州最高法院将同性婚姻合法化，而今选民决定禁止同性婚姻 The measure restricting marriage to heterosexual couples gained 52% support - more than 5.1 million votes - with nearly all precincts declaring results. 这次公投将婚姻限制在异性恋伴侣，而获得了 52 % 的支持(也就是有五百多万选票) ，几乎所有的选民都表达了意见 Twenty-seven US states already ban same-sex marriage. California's legal approval had seen thousands of gay couples wed there since May. 美国有 27 个州已经禁止了同性婚姻。加州今年五月将同性婚姻合法化之後， 数以千计的同志伴侣到该州完婚。 State Attorney General Jerry Brown has said those marriages will remain valid. 州司法部部长 Jerry Brown 表示这些婚姻仍然有效。 Legal challenges to the measure, known as Proposition 8, are likely. 反对这项法案(Proposition 8)的法律行动很可能发生。 The referendum called for the California constitution to be amended by adding the phrase that: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognised in California." 这项公投要求加州宪法应该修正如下：「加州只承认并许可一男一女的婚姻。」 The ballot measure was keenly fought with more than $70m spent on advertising by both sides - breaking national records for campaigning on a social policy initiative. 在竞选期间赞成及反对的双方共花了超过七千万美元的经费在广告上，这是美国史上 花费最高的社会政治议题 The BBC's Peter Bowes in Los Angeles says that for many liberal Californians, on a day when Barack Obama was swept to victory, the election was a bittersweet experience. BBC 洛城记者 Peter Bowes 说在 Barack Obama 压倒性的赢得大选之後，这项选 举结果带改加州自由派民重五味杂陈的感觉。 He said they won the White House - but lost on an issue many believed had already been resolved by the courts. 他说他们赢得了白宫，但在深信已被司法解决的问题上败退。 Conservative groups have welcomed the ban. 保守团体对结果表示欢迎。 "People believe in the institution of marriage" said Frank Schubert, co-manager of the Yes on 8 campaign. "Yes on 8" 的共同负责人 Frank Schubert说「人们信仰婚姻的神圣性」 "It's one institution that crosses ethnic divides, that crosses partisan divides." 「那是跨伦理论述，跨党派成见的神圣不可侵犯」 But gay rights supporters vowed to fight on. 但同志权益支持者宣称他们会继续奋斗。 Kate Kendall, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights said "there has been enormous movement in favour of full equality in eight short years". 女同志权益国家中心的执行长，Kate Kendall 表示，「在短短八年之内，已有许多的 行动认同全面的平等」 "That is the direction this is heading, and if it's not today or tomorrow, it will be soon," she added. 「这是整体的大方向，就算今日无法达成，在不久的未来一定会发生」 Florida and Arizona also backed proposals to ban gay marriage, by 62% and 56% respectively, on 4 November. 佛罗里达和亚坜桑纳两州也支持禁止同性婚姻 The measure was among 153 state-level proposals up for vote on US presidential election day. 这项题案是与美国总统大选同实的 153 个州级议题其中一项 Other measures under consideration by 36 states ranged from initiatives on gambling, drug laws and stem cell research to tax laws and affirmative action on race. 其他议题包括开放博奕，药物法律，干细胞研究，税法及种族平权法案 There were 59 such initiatives in 2008. 2008 年则有 59 项类似的提案 In South Dakota and Colorado, measures curtailing abortion rights were rejected. 南达科塔和科罗拉多否决了限制堕胎权利的提案 Michigan voted to allow medical use of marijuana, while Nebraska voted to end race- and gender-based affirmative action. 密西根通过大麻在医疗上的使用；内布拉斯加通过了种族与性别的平权法案 In Oregon, a measure designed to limit teaching of students in language other than English to no more than two years was defeated. 奥勒冈限制用英语以外的语言教学不得超过两年的提案遭到否决 Washington state voted to allow doctor-assisted suicide for terminally ill people. 华盛顿州通过医生协助下的对末期病患的安乐死 Amid deep economic uncertainty, proposals to cut state income taxes were defeated decisively in North Dakota and Massachusetts. 即便在经济情势不明朗之下，北达科塔仍否决了减少所得税的提案 Missouri repealed a $500 loss limit designed to protect compulsive gamblers on riverboats. 密苏里废止了保护船艇上赌客的五百美金输钱上限条款 --

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