At the end of the day, the way this vote panned out was rooted in an instinctual gut feeling, rather than information or misinformation on either side. That’s what motivates people to the ballot in an off-year. The anti-marriage-equality advocates will view this as a triumph. People, Maggie Gallagher will argue, can inherently feel what is right. But this is exactly what, in the future, will be her and their downfall. Logical arguments do not fluctuate. But feelings — the exact kind that so easily change when a gay couple turns up next door, or in one’s own family — certainly do. And the narrow margin by which this bill was overturned is proof that these feelings are changing, for the better, every year.