Governor Doyle’s biennial budget proposal contained some big numbers; $2.2 billion in cuts to state services. $2.1 billion in federal stimulus money. $1.4 billion in new taxes, including a 1% increase on the highest earners.
But one of the more controversial proposals would extend legal rights and benefits to gay couples in Wisconsin.
In November of 2006, 1.1 million Wisconsinites voted to give Jim Doyle a second term as Wisconsin governor. That same night, 1.2 million people approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and anything substantially similar.