While Republicans lost three seats so far in the U.S. Senate, South Carolina became the 22nd state to add a marriage-protection amendment to its constitution.
With 722 of 2,059 precincts reporting, South Carolina's marriage amendment was passing with 77 percent of the vote -- a percentage Palmetto Family Council president Oran Smith said he was not surprised to see.
"People I've talked to today said the marriage amendment was the topic of conversation while standing in line [at the polls]," Smith said. " So where there were long lines in this hot Bible-Belt territory, talking about the marriage amendment and knowing what it means is all you need out here."
