Voting on basic human rights

Well, yesterday I found out some less then stellar news. Washington state will now vote on whether or not marriage equality will be legal in their state. As I am from, and live, in Washington, finding out about this made me horrendously angry. I remember hearing several months back of the Governor signing the bill to make gay marriage legal in Washington and for a moment, I felt proud of be a Washingtonian. Now, however, I just shake my head at my state's stupidity.

The reason why this is now going to a vote is people against marriage equality apparently turned in 247,331 signatures on petitions against the law. They only needed 120,577....... Needless to say their petitions worked and now we get to vote come November. A recent poll, however, has show that 54% of Washington voters believe LGBT members should have the right to marry. This makes me feel a bit better, but I'm still dreading November. Washington is 1 of 4 states that will vote on this issue come November. The other 3 states being Maine, Maryland, and Minnesota.

To this news I ask, why are we voting for a basic human right? If the right to marry someone is left to a vote by the public for people that are lesbian or gay or bi then why aren't straight marriages? Keeping two men or two women from marrying isn't any different then not allowing a black man and a white woman to marry. Come November, I hope to hell the polls show that most people are bigoted assholes. Instead, I hope they show the bigots of this state that times have changed and the time for marriage equality is NOW.