Wisconsin as voters elect first openly gay candidate
November 07, 2012  13:44
Voters in Wisconsin broke through one of the last barriers in public life on Tuesday to elect the first openly gay member of the US Senate.Tammy Baldwin, 50, a liberal Democrat from the college town of Madison, narrowly defeated Tommy Thompson, 70, in a nasty, divisive and expensive --  $65m -- Senate race. Her victory helped Democrats keep control of the Senate. More

In another rights victory, Maine and Maryland voted to grant same sex couples the same rights as straight couples.
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