Now, I know this may come as a shock to most people, but I really don’t have a big problem with this:

Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature’s vote.

The Legislature voted Tuesday to override Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of a bill allowing gays and lesbians to marry. The vote was 23-5 to override in the state Senate and 100-49 to override in the House. Under Vermont law, two-thirds of each chamber had to vote for override.

The vote came nine years after Vermont adopted its first-in-the-nation civil unions law.

It’s now the fourth state to permit same-sex marriage. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa are the others. Their approval of gay marriage came from the courts.

I don’t agree with the issue of gay marriage at all (and no, libs, it’s not because of religious reasons or whatever), but I disagree even more with people passing an agenda without a vote of the people (i.e., by the courts). This is a much better step, in my opinion. There was actually a vote by those who were elected to represent the people. If the voters of Vermont agree with this, they will keep these people in the legislature. If they don’t, they’ll kick them out and elect new people, who will overturn the law.

It’s basically the same thing as what we saw happen in California, only with a different result. Voters in California said “no” to gay marriage, voters in Vermont (via their elected representatives) said “yes”. Will those votes be the final say in each state? Probably not. The left is mobilizing to overturn the California vote, and I’d suspect there are some people gearing up to overturn the Vermont vote. That’s the way things work, I suppose. Not the best way to handle it, but probably the best that can be had right now (except an amendment to the US Constitution, but it’ll never get past Congress to be voted on by the states).

If the left wants to legalize gay marriage, then they need to have the voters decide, not a handful of people in black robes. If the people of a state decide to allow it, then that’s their decision, and we should accept it. But we shouldn’t sit still and accept it when it’s forced on people against their will by judges who have no business making laws.