With polls showing strong public opposition to same-sex marriage, groups fighting Tuesday's ballot measures conceded from the beginning that theirs was an uphill fight -- but they embraced the silver lining that the ballot measures were at least an opportunity to debate the issue.

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At the core of the issue is that traditional performance measures do not account for a particularly valuable context: peace of mind.

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