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You are winning in the long term. However there are some notable losses.
-California
-Maine
-New York
-New Jersey
The score is 31-0 when it comes to state voter initiatives for same sex marriage. Four of the most liberal states in the union just voted either by voter initiative or by legislature against same sex marriage.
The reality is that the trend for same sex marriage has halted in the United States. There is not a state save Massachusetts where same sex marriage could win as a voter initiative simply because half the country still sees homosexuality as immoral.
That is why the Supreme Court will probably end up deciding this. Going state by state is no longer a winning strategy for gay rights advocates.
What you do not note is that the number who find homosexuality is declining steadily, and the number who find is morally acceptable are rising even faster. Source: Americans Evenly Divided on Morality of Homosexuality
2001: 40 % acceptable, 53 % morally wrong
2008: 48 % for both.
I suspect that this trend will continue and possibly accelerate. SCOTUS might decide it before the numbers change enough to make it so it passes voter initiatives, but it is not needed. It will within the next few years start passing based on voter initiatives.