ST. PAUL, Minn. – Supporters of marriage equality made it a clean sweep on Tuesday night when Minnesota voters narrowly rejected a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Maine, Maryland and Washington state voters all approved same-sex marriage at the ballot box.

The measure needed 50% of all voters to be approved, according to state law.

The Roman Catholic Church, led by the homophobic Archbishop John Nienstedt from the Twin Cities, donated millions of dollars and volunteered to fight the Proposition 32 measure sponsored by Minnesota for Marriage, an anti-gay group.

PORTLAND, Maine – Marriage equality wins in Maine.

Voters in Maine on Tuesday set history on Tuesday by becoming the first state to approve a referendum to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry, according to Mainers United For Marriage.

The group tweeted:

VICTORY: Maine voters approve the freedom to marry! For the first time, marriage wins at the ballot.

MADRID -- The Constitutional Court, Spain's highest legal authority, today voted 8-3 against a bid to overturn the nation's marriage-equality law.

In 2005, Spain's Parliament approved the marriage law when the government was controlled by the Socialists. The Popular Party, which opposed the law, took power in Spain last year and asked the Constitutional Court to declare the law unconstitutional.

Tomorrow, Election Day, we have an extraordinarily important decision to make. Many look at the economy and wish the recovery were happening more rapidly. Some would like to see a larger return on their stocks. And a select few look at their families and hope each day for the same protections that almost every other family in the country currently has.