In all three states, the marriage equality effort did better in urban areas and were less popular among rural voters.
The constitutionality of restricting marriage to unions between a man and a woman is widely expected to be taken up by the US Supreme Court soon.
James Esseks, director of the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Project, called the votes a "watershed moment" for gay and lesbian families.
"Not long ago, marriage for same-sex couples was unimaginable," he said. "In a remarkably short time, we have seen courts start to rule in favor of the freedom to marry, then legislatures affirm it, and now the people vote for it as well."
Before this year, ballot initiatives banning the legal recognition of same-sex marriage had succeeded in 31 states, and no state had ever approved same-sex marriage by popular vote.
(Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)
双语资讯
(Agencies)
美国马里兰州、缅因州、和华盛顿州的选民本周二投票认可了同性婚姻合法化,这是首次通过选民直接投票的方式支持同性婚姻合法化。
此次投票被同性权利支持者称赞为标志性时刻。尽管美国有六个州及哥伦比亚特区的立法者或法院都已通过了同性婚姻合法化,但选民投票一直反对。美国有30多个州的选民都支持宪法对同性婚姻的禁令。
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