Yesterday was a bad day for ultra conservative causes as Mississippians soundly defeated the personhood amendment, Ohioans stood up for union rights, Mainers rejected voter supression, and Democrats kept control of the Iowa Senate.
In Mississippi, the proposed constitutional amendment would have defined a person as a fertilized egg, which would have had profound consequences for abortion rights and contraception. The bill was heavily pushed by the hate group Family Research Council, but it was a step too far even for Mississippi, which rejected it by a wide margin. If it can't pass in the deepest of red states, it is truly a radical idea.
In Ohio, the voters soundly rejected Governor Kasich's signature achievement, which was a bill that stripped public sector employees of collective barganing rights.
In Maine, voters rejected a voter supression measure that would have eliminated same day voter registration.
Finally, in Iowa, Democrat Liz Mathis defeated Republican Cindy Golding for a state senate seat that could have given control to the GOP which has vowed to overturn marriage equality there. The so-called National Organization for Marriage poured out of state money into that race making this another defeat for Maggie and Company.
All in all, it was a good day for progress.
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