Last night was a huge, historical night for the country besides the re-election of President Obama. Voters in Maine and Maryland join the ranks of six other states in the U.S. that have allowed gay marriage. The states have marked themselves as the most non-judgmental states in the country. Gay couples will be able to wed starting when that ball drops ringing in 2013.

While Maryland and Maine passed the legalization, the two other states that had gay marriage on the ballot rejected it. Minnesota and Washington didn’t quite get the support they needed to pass the amendment.

"It's hard to overstate the national significance of this vote," Mark Solomon, the national campaign director of Freedom to Marry, which supports gay marriage, said in a statement about the Maine initiative via Yahoo! "For years, our opponents have argued that we could not win a majority vote at the ballot. Today, Maine voters proved them wrong, standing up for the Golden Rule and for freedom for all Mainers."

Now there are eight states in America that have passed the right including, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Iowa, Vermont, New York, Connecticut and the District of Columbia

Last night also had another milestone happen when Wisconsin native Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay candidate elected to the U.S. Senate.

I know it’s a very touchy subject throughout the country but, in my opinion, who cares? Why not let everyone be happy and do what they want?

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