Welcome to my big grin

The great state of Illinois.  Now with fewer active bigots [1].  Or at least fewer than the American Taliban would have us believe: 

Based on a sampling, opponents of marriage equality in Illinois don't have enough valid signatures to get an anti-marriage measure on the Nov. 7 ballot, the state Board of Elections said Thursday.

A sample check of 19 percent of the more than 330,000 signatures submitted showed that Protect Marriage Illinois is likely to fall short in its effort to put a measure on the ballot asking voters to decide whether the state should amend its constitution to ban same sex marriage.