Terrific news today; the Supreme Court decided that even despised homosexuals like me deserve equal protection under the 5th Amendment and have overturned the odious Defense of Marriage Act. It’s a hugely important decision that establishes federal support for gay marriage.

But let’s not forget how we got here, in 1996, when DOMA was passed. The Democrats were fully in power; Congress had a majority of Democrats in both houses and the President was a Democrat. And those rat bastards voted to deny people like me our constitutional rights by overwhelming majorities: 85–14 in the Senate, 342–67 in the House. And Clinton cheerfully signed it into law.

Of course the Republicans are even worse, but that’s no surprise given their position as the party for bigots. Here’s a list of the Democrat senators who voted for DOMA. Many of them are still running the country.

Baucus, Biden, Bingaman, Bradley, Breaux, Bryan, Bumpers, Byrd, Conrad, Daschle, Dodd, Dorgan, Exon, Ford, Glenn, Graham, Harkin, Heflin, Hollings, Johnston, Kohl, Lautenberg, Leahy, Levin, Lieberman, Mikulski, Murray, Nunn, Reid, Rockefeller, Sarbanes, Wellstone

Some of these folks have since recanted, but I kind of feel like each one owes me and every other gay American a personal apology.