Maine voters decisively rejected same-sex marriage yesterday, 53% to 47%. Last November, when California voters overturned gay marriage there, the exit polls indicated that out of the Obama constituencies, overwhelming opposition from African-American (and, to a lesser extent, Hispanic) voters helped tip the balance. This was controversial, to put it mildly. Well, Maine is 97% white, and Obama won it in a landslide, 58%-42%.
I really do believe the days of this sort of bigotry are numbered, but then again, how long, Lord, how long, you know? Equal rights for all denied by very narrow majorities? The fuck?
If you oppose another American's right to marry who she or he wants to marry, you're a pisspoor excuse for an American. Period.