They should be embarassed

The "Show Me State" just showed me that they're 70% idiots.

Let me see here. Amendment to the constitution. Um, my reading on that is that it's all about the state, right? All about what changes we should make to the running of the government?

If that's the case, why would this:

Vicky Hartzler, a spokeswoman for the Coalition to Protect Marriage in Missouri, which pressed for the amendment with church functions, yard signs and a "marriage chain" of rallies across the state, said she hoped that the outcome would send a loud message to the rest of the country: "Here in the heartland we have a heart for families, and this is how deeply we feel about marriage."

This:

In Ladue, Lindsay Goldford, a 20-year-old college student, said her Christian background and beliefs were the basis of her support for an amendment. "When you look at marriage, it's between a man and a woman," Ms. Goldford said. "Biblically, homosexuality isn't in the plan."

And this:

Mary Klostermeier, 77, said she saw the need to bar gay marriage. "I guess I'm in the old school," Ms. Klostermeier said. "I'm just a very religious person."

Be relevant? It's nice that Ms. Klostermeier is religious. Good for her. However, what does that have to do with an amendment to the state constitution? I sort of remember reading something about the separation of church and state. Or was that a different democracy we live in? The one where a marraige is a legal union between two people, regardless of whether they do it in a church, temple, mosque, town hall, or on an ocean liner heading for Darkest Peru.

The continued meddling in secular institutions by religious groups is one of the most irksome parts of what goes on in law in this country. That the impetus frequently comes from the highest lawmakers in the nation just make matters worse. If there's a SECULAR reason to ban gay marraiges, let me hear it. If not, and this is addressed to all of you religious zealots who would meddle in the affairs of others that you consider "morally corrupt"...

SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Thank you.