As you may have already heard, Maine voted to approve Question 1 yesterday with a 53% majority. I think you can imagine my reaction to this, but if you want the full version, you can find it after the jump.

The vote was close, which I guess should be some sort of consolation. And a whole bunch of openly gay candidates were elected, and an anti-discrimination ordinance was passed in Kalamazoo, Michigan. All good things, but it still doesn’t make up for the second repeal of same-sex marriage rights. I’m surprised, actually, how strongly I reacted to the news - I think the right to marry is important and the LGBT community should fight for it, but I don’t think it’s the most important battle. People still get fired for being gay, people still get bashed for even being perceived as gay. Moreover, as people like Dan Savage have pointed out, we’ve already won this fight - it might take ten or twenty years, but you can’t stop the tide from coming in, and we as a culture are moving pretty steadily toward acceptance.

That being said, an event like yesterday is painful to see. I’m grateful for the 47% of Maine voters who came out in support of equality, and for everyone who worked for the cause, but even the close margin couldn’t stop me from filling with nearly apoplectic rage. And I pumped up the Nirvana on my iPod during my commute today, because I knew that once I wasn’t angry I would only be sad.

I’m not going to rehash an argument for same-sex marriage here, because I think it’s obvious - straight couples can get marriage licenses from our government, gay couples can’t. That shouldn’t fly. But I will say this: we put up a debate on Nerve today about whether marriage is good or bad for a relationship. It’s good, it’s funny; I suggest you check it out. But it would be nice if we could all take part in that conversation.

Okay, enough of the seriousness. Thanks for indulging me. Get me some sexy celebrities, stat!

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