Congratulations, Homophobes, You've Prevailed in Florida, Arizona and California!

Religious fanatics rejoice! You did it! You won! You've succeeded in getting amendments passed in Florida, Arizona and California banning same-sex marriage! This is your crowning moment! Rejoice, for you have now rid your states of the evils of homosexuality! There'll be no more gays around to threaten your heterosexuality and your marriages. Not at the office, on the street, in restaurants, on public transportation...anywhere! They're gone! You don't have to see them, talk to them, hear them, read about them, watch them hold hands or kiss in public, work out at the gym next to them or dance next to them at clubs. From this point on, Florida, Arizona and California will be homo-free states, right?

Er...wait a second. I think I may have gotten that all wrong. Sorry. They'll still be around. Everywhere. Living next door, working in the next cubicle, eating at the next table, shvitzing in the steam room with you. They'll still be in relationships, still be adopting children together, and they'll still be gay. Oh yeah, there's still gonna be boatloads of gay sex, my friends. In fact, while you definitely made it impossible for them to get married, they'll still have commitment ceremonies and engage in civil unions. But wait. What's really changed then? Nothing. That's right. Nothing's changed, and nothing's gonna change. All your efforts are just a big fat homophobic waste of time and money. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

That you all feel so threatened by homosexuality, and by how much it supposedly threatens your straight marriages, makes me believe there's some skeletons in that closet of yours that you're running from. And we all know which "closet" I'm referring to.

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Comments

[DarthVector]

Simple advice for the days ahead...

1). Be alert for dominionists and christianists of all stripes. Identify and notify us. Forgive them as one forgives a poisonous snake. Then, strike at their head as they strike at your heel. They know not what they do.

2). Remember the difference between these toxic influences and honest Christians. Don't forget that Christians will more often than not struggle alongside you, especially those who remember Christ's words on following Him through renouncing worldly powers, and His loving example in His treatment of the outcasts.

3). Forgive those who fear to help, but secretly support you. The closet is not just a gay thing. We must roll back all the stones in the end.

4). Remember that the struggle will continue until long after we have all passed on. But that is no reason for complacency. Forgive yourself for failing until then.

5). Talk to the young. They are the future and will lead by example if helped. Be inspired by their open and hopeful nature.

6). Stop complaining and get back to work! ;^)

[SpreadButter]

Careful, those homophobes elected your man Obama.
Latinos, Blacks, lefties.

[suemag]

I am saddened by the results in FL, AZ, and CA. CA is the one that surprises me. We still have work to do!

[wyntka]

what's with the woman wearing a flag like a skirt? why does she hate america so much? oh, the gays.

[BassMonk]

An upside-down flag is a distress signal, a call for help. Maybe she's been kidnapped!

[suemag]

That is very unpatriotic and shows a lack of respect for Old Glory

[anon004]

After everything that's been said against gay marriage, I still have NO IDEA how or why it's a threat to heterosexual marriages. Maybe because it isn't one?

Also, the collective age of the people in that picture looks like about 400. Either their anger and bitterness have made them look like fossils, or they are actual fossils. They should die already so we can repeal all these foolish amendments and get back to fairness.