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THE AGE OF MIRACLES: Marriage Equality Wins Popular Vote in Maine, Maryland and Minnesota; Washington win expected | Ampersand @ Alas, a Blog

So although I recognize that it is, it absolutely is, an insult to dignity that rights are voted on, I also recognize that the heart of this system is persuasion. We were in a horrible country in which queers were almost always reviled, and queer rights nonexistent. How do we make that into a better country? I can’t imagine a better system for change than persuasion, even thought it’s wrong that queers had to ask for rights at all.