The numbers on the "for" side from recent referendums protecting traditional marriage are telling: Hawaii (69.2 percent), Alaska (68.1 percent), Nebraska (70.1 percent), Nevada (67.1 percent), Missouri (70.7 percent), and Louisiana (77.8 percent). Next month, Ohio will be among as many as 11 states allowing voters to cast a ballot on an amendment to their state constitution banning same-sex marriage and civil unions.