I'd trade the "Take that, Asshole!" win in NY23 a bazillion times over to have won tonight in Maine

[Stinky The Clown]

People who vote to deny civil rights to others should be doomed to have theirs taken away.

[tmyers09]

1. Absolutely.

[Skittles]

2. off to the Greatest Page with ye

[Justitia]

3. Me too, of course. Civil Rights should NEVER be voted on. We need to fix that somehow.

It's fucking ridiculous to ask "permission" state by state.

Gay people are citizens like every other one of us, their rights are OUR rights.

What makes this unique is that "marriage" is regulated by the states - what a pain in the ass.

I wish I was a brilliant Constitutional pit bull lawyer to figure out how to get this DONE.

[enigmatic]

Me too

I'm sick about what's happening in Maine tonight.

[Brickbat]

4. Oh hell yes.

Very disappointing.

[Louisiana1976]

5. I wonder if there'll be a court challenge to this referendum the way there was

one in California after Prop. 8 won.

[Malikshah]

6. No excuses from the Maine citizens who voted for this monstrosity--none!

The Down Easters hope Stephen King goes all psycho on your pathetic pasty keisters.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. Absolutely!! I hear that gay marriage legislation is coming up in NY and NJ. That's the good news...

The bad news? A Repuke is now governor of NJ, and with things the way they are looking in NY's gubernatorial race, the Dems risk another Repuke governor there... :puke::puke:

I am so very proud of Maine's governor, though. He had a change of heart and really went to bat for gay rights in that state. Though he's not running again, I commend his hard work on this issue.

There's still so much work to be done in this area. I cannot believe that Iowa is more progressive than Maine on this. :(

[Stinky The Clown]

8. I totally agree with you regarding Baldacci. He's a hell of a man to do what he did.

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Yes, Baldacci does deserve props for that. :^)

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. I wanted us to defeat #1, but I would have liked to have NY23 too. I was feeling greedy, I guess.

[harry_pothead]

11. Me fucking eight or nine or whatever my place in the thread is.

K&R

[Muttocracy]

12. as happy as I am about NY-23, have to agree in terms of immediate impact on lives. nt

[lies and propaganda]

13. The Slippery Slope has already revealed itself..

with teh shit judge in Louisiana. tell teh evil gayz they cant marry, next its the evil interracial couples, next its womens suffrage, and on and on....

[Betty Karlson]

14. They already are doomed to have their rights taken from them

Ever wondered what kind of precedent this will set for 2019, when the Supreme Court stipulated duration of the racial and sexual quota will end?