Voters in Switzerland approve same-sex marriage by wide margin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : GENEVA -- Cheers rang out, hugs were exchanged and rainbow-colored flags waved overhead across Switzerland as the Swiss resoundingly voted to allow same-sex couples to marry, final results of a nationwide referendum showed Sunday.
50% : Passage is set to put same-sex partners on an equal legal footing with heterosexual couples by allowing them to adopt children and facilitating citizenship for same-sex spouses.
48% : Most countries in Western Europe already recognize same-sex marriage, while most of those in Central and Eastern Europe don't permit wedlock between two men or two women.
44% : Benjamin Roduit of the Christian Democratic People's Party, which spearheaded the effort to stop same-sex marriage, claimed at least some success in raising awareness about his party's positions despite the defeat at the ballot box.

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