[HailReagan78]

I’m afraid you may be right on that.

The fact that its even a close vote is scary...

I think hypothetically, if the Gay Marriage ban referendum were to be put on a national ballot tommorow, we’d be lucky to get 55% for traditional marriage....The culture is crumbling.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“...The culture is crumbling.”

The irony is that Obama might help bring it back.

[thecraw]

The fact that its even a close vote is scary...

Yeah this worries me too. Here in Tennessee we recently passed the "marriage = man + woman" amendment to our constitution by a margin of 80% to 20%!

Queerly, (LOL) I don't recall a single national news story reporting this huge margin. I should expect no less I suppose. Here: http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/reports/reports/MarriageAndLGBVoters2006.pdf is a report by one of the "gay" task forces that you may want to have a gander at. Shows how they think they're "winning", and judging by the thin margin in Maine, they may very well be doing just that.

[fwdude]

I think hypothetically, if the Gay Marriage ban referendum were to be put on a national ballot tommorow, we’d be lucky to get 55% for traditional marriage....The culture is crumbling.

Probably more support nationwide, but the tragic consequence would be a consolation action by pro-traditional marriage supporters - to grant something to the losers. This would be "civil unions" identical to marriage. A losing proposition for everyone.