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First of all, fuck you, 53% of voters in Maine.

Second of all, if Referendum 71, Washington state's everything-but-marriage bill, does not pass, I will actually cry.

I will also spend the next year ranting here, in public, and in general.

I may also have to bitch-slap my dad if he voted no on Ref. 71.

I don't want to have to do this, guys. I am afraid of my dad. We call him Lurch for a reason.

P.S. Yeah, I am so wearing my "Iowa: Cooler than California since 2009" tomorrow, but adding a piece of tape to say, "and Maine" underneath "California".

EDIT: Gives me hope. Also, apparently I'm going to cry whether it passes or fails because I cried just reading this.

Gays can't win at the ballot box.

That has always been the harsh reality. Put the subject of equality for gays and lesbians to a vote of the people — practically any people, in states from deep red to dark blue — and the people have always said: "No. Not here. Not yet."

Until — it appears — now. Right here.

There's a week's worth of ballot-counting remaining in an election everyone is saying is too-close-to-call. But it appears Washington state will be the first in America to approve a gay-equality measure not by court fiat or legislative action, but by the direct will of the people.

It's never happened before. If the slim lead holds for the gay-partnership law Referendum 71, it would be a landmark. Huge.

Washington, don't forget to be awesome. Please.

Cynthia Davis, a state representative from (shocker) Missouri, opposes subsidizing school lunches for low-income children because, and I quote, "[h]unger can be a positive motivator."

She continues, suggesting that if kids just get jobs at McDonald's then they will receive free food on their break.

I pretty much hope that the 20% of children considered hungry in Missouri go and eat her.

Ms. Davis neglected to mention when her hunger strike will begin so she can get motivated to resolve the hunger issue in her state. She also avoided the question of how she manages to sleep at night.

( Colbert is amazing, as per usual: )

When Geeks Go to a War Protest

I can't be the only one who thinks this is perfect? Despite the fact it was posted almost a year ago?

"I honestly think it's the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam."

That's from an Oklahoma lawmaker's speech about gay people.

You heard right. A secret recording has just emerged of State Rep. Sally Kern speaking to a Republican group in January, where she equates both sexual orientation and religion with terrorism.

What the fuck is wrong with people? It's shit like this that just makes me really, really sad sometimes and wonder why people have to hate me.

The government cares more about my dog than my girlfriend.

Did you know that the State Department will pay travel expenses for the pets of career diplomats—and evacuate those pets in an emergency—but won’t do the same for their same-sex partners? Well we do now, thanks to Michael E. Guest, former ambassador to Romania, resigned from the State Department yesterday.

WTF? They'd pay to evacuate my dog, but not my wife? Seriously? :(

I love my dogs, but I didn't think the government would too. At least not THIS much.