Proof that the bullies will never win. Gay, straight, any minority; if someone is being denied a basic right, then everyone is brought down together. So we stand together to fight and win!

I don't live in any of the states that made same-sex marriage legal. Really wish I did. You guys are on a powerfully forward path, and I'm moved by your unity and perserverance.

To all my friends in states that put equality for same-sex couples in the law books, you rock! You get it.

FREE MAKEOVERS! FREE MAKEOVERS!

I completely agree that none of us straights expect anything in return, and it is crass to even think of it. HOWEVER, why pass up a genuine opportunity for a party, a lovely punctuation to days of trickle in results? Plus, I really do want a free make-over from a skilled drag queen. I am terrible at doing my own make-up and could use some tips.

Thank you!

party time!!!!!!!!!

@99 hahahahahaha! Me too, man, me too.

@12 - I'm in favor of a National Gay Wing Man night. I can think of no better reward then getting me laid.

I love hearing all you straight guys pushing for equal rights. You make your gay bro's very proud. And kudos to you straight ladies too; you've had our backs before it was cool for straight guys to stand behind us.

While LGTB rights have moved forwards, womens rights have moved backwards. Thank us by fighting to bring back abortions, I say.

I like the party idea, but I would reframe it from "thank you" to "we did it together". This is how I feel anyhow. Thanks aren't the thing - victory is the thing. And... we can do it together again and again... that's right.

We don't need to be thanked for doing the right thing. But I'm all in favor of throwing a party to show the anti-LGBTQ folks how much better life is here on the side of the angels. ;-)

It is nice to be able to make a prominent new entry on the list of those who gave substantial help to a just cause that wouldn't directly provide them with firsthand personal benefits. Perhaps the Thing to Do is to work on expanding the list in new and existing ways.

I used to get teased in high school for standing up to the LGBTs and didn't care. It's not about "Straights" vs "Gays"- it's about Humanity vs. Assholery. Looks like Humanity is making some big wins!!!

I'm just so happy I could pee my pants, I want a big gay party with thanks to EVERYONE who voted for fairness. I feel bad this took so long, we owe you homos big smootches for making the world a kinder place. For a minority you sure made a HUGE impact.

And we have an awesome black president still! I really never thought the day would come when I could be so proud to live here.

You're inviting us all to your wedding, right?

... PFLAG was our 1st. lesson learned about our many STR8 allies as-well-as friends, families-&-extended families! & of course by-THOSE-who were OUT-or-CAME OUT! Thank-YOU-all!!!

... We 1st. learned this from PFLAG & then via our other STR8 allies, friends, families-&-extended families! Not forgetting those, who are OUT-or-CAME OUT!!! THANK-YOU-ALL!!!

I'd also like to thank them and all the corporations in Washington that verbally and financially supported marriage equality.

I hope that if I were straight that I'd also be an LGBT ally.

I propose a state wide Blow-A-Straight-Guy day. Claim your reward gentlemen.

A truly heartfealt, teary-eyed, BIG A$$ THANK YOU to all the allies out there across this grand nation!

No need to thank, but you simply must throw a party! :-D

As a straight girl with 2 gay dads, I need to say thank you! My dads are getting married and I'm going to be co-staring in the wedding an age inappropriate flower girl!

I can finally be the flower girl at my dads' wedding! I'm way too old but it's about time! THANK YOU ALL!

Does this mean you and Terry are going to break out those classic wedding bands you bought a few years back? Because a photo of the two of you with those bands would be payment enought for me.

No need for thanks, but you are very welcome. Now on to other states and finally the federal government. My brother (RIP) would be amazed at how far same-sex rights have come in just the years since his death (1998). Equal rights for all!

Please just don't make fun of me for being straight. Enjoy the marriages!

Thank you for this, Dan. I am in MN and I'm proud of our step in the right direction. As I posted on FB, no gay person has ever rejected or excluded me on the basis of being straight. In fact, the gay community has always given me the warmest of welcomes and accepted my whole flawed self. Gay rights are human rights and this election made us ALL a bit more human.

Thank you Dan, for being willing to fight for all of us, and for all of the difficulty, heartache, and pure guts you have shown in helping young gay youth everywhere Living in a red state (although it was blue in 2008) makes your efforts and work more important to us than to many who live in a more accepting society. THanks to efforts by you and the rest of the gay stormtroopers, gay people everywhere live a little better.
Craig Fox

Dan, I'll go to any party you throw, but it's absolutely not necessary. As a hetero woman passionate about equal rights, seeing R-74 pass was reward enough!

Our straight daughter had to provide their wedding certificate to prove she was next of kin when her husband was at deaths door - he fought back. Two months later she was told to say goodby to her husband before his airlift to Seattle as he was not expected to live. Again, thankfully, he fought back. Our daughter had control over her loved one's medical care; she could say "goodbye!" There are lots of reasons for equality of marriage - being with and able to support your loved one during a crisis is just one poignant reason.

Married 40 years, our blessing should be available to all couples.

Hey, FWIW, I've been throwing my body into serving the gay agenda since I used to do actions with ACT-UP and QUEER NATION back in the day. FWIW, it's only partially for you. I believe that gay rights are human rights not recognizing them diminishes us all. But I also wholeheartedly support gay marriage for the very selfish reason that I HATE the patriarchy with all my heart and I know marriage has been its handmaiden for lo these many millennium. And I have faith, or at least hope, that extending marriage to same sex couples is gonna be a serious blow to that heritage continuing. That really crystalized to me once upon a time, in the Washington State Supreme Court courtroom, listening to the pro-DOMA lawyers blithely defending straight marriage as the only marriage. And somehow, a good thing, despite its brutal heritage. So. I’d love a party, but I didn’t give blood and treasure just for you. I did it because I want the future to be better for us girls.

It never occurred to me that we straight people were fighting for a cause that wasn't ours. Justice is for everyone.

You're welcome. But really, it is easy for us. Gay rights are a no-brainer issue for anyone of sense, and straight people speaking about it catch comparatively little flak. (Most of) you folks did the bravest and most important thing for your own cause--you came out.

The "us" and "them" here isn't "gay" and "straight" - it's "right" and "wrong". Happy that we are all on the right team, even if we play for different ones!

Why, some of my best friends are straight.

Ok, so I'm a 49 yr old straight woman in Alabama... but I would have TOTALLY been there with you. I can honestly say that for decades some of my best friends are GLBTQ folks and they've been there for me on so many issues and legislative fights.

As Progressives, we all have many of the same forces working in opposition to us. It's just common sense - not to mention common decency and compassion - that binds us together.

We had really sucky results in Alabama with TEA Party crazies nabbing many seats, but the wonderful results from other states and the presidential election itself continues to give me hope for the future.

MAZEL TOV, y'all!!!!

This is going to sound marginalizing and perhaps even hateful but I don't want it to be as such. At all.

I am so happy that this passed, I voted for it, and the homosexual community deserves to feel equals and I want them to be and I hope they do. In all and every way.

But why does a vote matter. It just affirms that 52% of people have no issue with your lifestyle but 48% apparently have a big one. Why is this a big deal? Sorry if this seems offensive to you. Seems sad to me. More people voted to legalize pot.

Thank you, Governor Jay Inslee, for this post in Huffington Post, January 2012. You made the case to the hearts of married straight couples:

My wife Trudi and I have been married for 39 years. We started dating in high school, married after college, and raised our three boys in a 100-year-old farmhouse in a small rural town in eastern Washington.

We opened a checking account together. We bought our house together. We never had to think twice about which box to check on forms asking for our marital status. We never had to think about how we introduce one another to others. We never had to deal with questioning glances when joining our children for school field trips, parent-teacher conferences, dental appointments, and the occasional emergency room visit (known to happen when you raise three boys on a farm).

We have had the privilege of being able to say the powerful yet simple statement that "we are married" and receiving all the rights, responsibilities, and recognition that come with being married.

We never lived in fear that our relationship would cause loved ones to shun us, strangers to glare at us, or, as happens too often, predators to bully, harm, or even kill us.

No one deserves that.

Here in Washington state, we are standing on the edge of history. A marriage equality bill is poised for passage in our state legislature that would legalize civil marriage.

You're welcome. But the real thanks, at least for my support, goes to Mayor Gavin Newsom. I was originally skeptical of the need for the legalization of gay marriage. Then Newsom legalized gay marriage. Suddenly the newspapers were filled with pictures of dozens of happy gay and lesbian couples tying the knot at San Francisco City Hall -- where, incidentally, my own parents were married five decades ago. I realized that gays and lesbians were just as entitled to the right to marry as my parents were, as well as me and my wife.

So I proudly voted for gay marriage in Maryland on Tuesday. Best vote I ever cast.

think of me when you need a wedding officiant. vows tailored to your taste, no wedding too big or too small. singing, ten bucks an hour, not singing, twenty bucks an hour.

There IS no "us" and "them." I think that is what this vote is showing. Straight or queer, we are all related in some way. We are all family. I may be straight, but my mom is queer, my sister is queer, my cousin is queer. Celebrities are. Leaders are. And we are all the same. We all love, we all cry, and we all want the best for one another. Finally.

Dan I agree completely.

I did 3 phone banks and was blown away by how many straight allies took their time to make these calls. And they were able to engage in great conversations and get more persuasions than some of us. I got a little choked up at times listening to them talk about why it was important to them, how it is fair and usually a personal story about a friend, coworker or relative that is LGBT and how much it would mean.

Huge huge thank you to our straight allies. They gave time, money and likely converted many of their family and friends into a yes vote.

Party? Sure. sincere thank you? Daily.

I get to come up from California (and seriously California what the hell is wrong with us) and help my gay friends get married. That's all the thanks I need. (I don't live there but I donated funds)

A long time ago a lesbian friend of mine asked me to be seat filler sitting under a "Gay alumni" banner at a football game for my old high school. I was pretty nervous about doing it but it gave me a better appreciation for what gay people have to go through just being themselves.

It's kind of embarrassing to be a straight white male sometimes. What's up with us anyway? All voting for Romney and crap, what's that about?