Once the initial shock and anger began to ebb, Jackie Hind and Kelli Neal assessed the Nov. 7 statewide vote to ban gay marriage and civil unions and decided they needed to take action.
They’d been living in a cocoon in Madison, surrounded by supportive neighbors and co-workers, they concluded. The vote was a rude slap – 59 percent of Wisconsin residents approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, civil unions and anything with a legal status “substantially similar” to marriage.
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