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Let's take a trip into the distance past of... November 3rd, 2008. California and Florida all had a bill for the legalization of gay marriage up for vote. The majority of the country was shocked in horror that gay marriage was now illegal in California and Florida. And they weren't just shocked. They were PISSED. Many people in California protested for a repeal of Prop 8, or its loving nickname, Prop H8. Buzznet's own Mark and Rich were arrested for... protesting? I can't remember, but here's a blog/round-up on the entire ordeal. The repeal kept gay marriage illegal, but those married during the time when it was legal (i.e. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DiRossi) would still have their marriage recognized by law.

This year, the gay marriage ballot situation was somewhat the same, but a little different. Our stars this year were the state of Maine (which, like California, had gay marriage legal for a while) and my own home state of Washington. While Maine was going to hope to make it officially legal, Washington had a bill that I have mentioned before, where gay couple have all the rights heterosexual married couples do-sick leaves to take care of their partner, etc.-except for the right to call their partner their "wife" or "husband".

The bill passed in Washington, making it a pseudo-victory I guess. I mean, they can have rights that married couples do, but they can't get married. I guess it's more of a "yay, sure whatever" instead of a "FRICK YEAH LET'S GO CELEBRATE AT OLIVE GARDEN!"
However, the situation isn't great in Maine. The bill passed, and now gay marriage is illegal. No word yet on whether anyone is demanding a repeal.

First, I don't get why anyone would vote against gay marriage, because the conservative ads against it are ridiculous. They act as if gay marriage will be the end of the Earth, and I don't think these groups want gays to look at each other cross-eyed.

It really is disappointing that its so hard to let gay people have the same rights as heretos. Really Maine, is it that hard to let gay people when you already run the biggest sinfest we like to call LobsterFest? And yes, the Bible does say that seafood is wrong. Leviticus, anyone? The Bible also says not to wear wool, but what does nearly everyone do every winter? Therefore, quit with the Bible excuses. Because then we'd have to outlaw wool and seafood.

Neil Patrick Harris wasn't kidding when he declared gay marriage will save the economy. Suze Orman, out lesbian and economic expert explained the entire thing on her show.

Of course, some people would ask "But domestic partnership is legal across the country. Isn't domestic partnership basically the same thing?" To answer that, I'll turn it over to Lucy "Xena" Lawless:

Come next November 3, if you can vote and your state is putting gay marriage up for vote, I urge you to vote for it. If you can't vote, and/or your state isn't putting it up for option, then take it to the Net, and join Facebook groups, sign petitions, etc.

Thank you for reading this.