Balls. BALLS.
You guys, I'm sorry that so many of your peers are fucking asshats. (I mean, California, argh, but also FUCK YOU 57% of Arkansas. *gnarls*)
See, so are many of mine, so I know how that feels -- but rightly or wrongly, up here every damn thing doesn't go to popular vote.
Sometimes the majority is VERY VERY WRONG.
Keep fighting it.