It's like this: we're losing. Bad.

I'm referring, of course, to the poll going on right now at hollywood.com's CBS Soaps site, where the whole queer Luke/Noah storyline is going down (sorry) to defeat.

Luke owns me for the best line ever in a soap, when he tells his female best friend Maddie, "Yes, Maddie, we're the perfect prom couple, except that I'm gay and your boyfriend is in jail." I hate when that happens.

But seriously (although it actually pains me to use that phrase), this storyline is a groundbreaking one. Luke is a character who has grown up on As the World Turns, and is a genuine part of the soap family. The introduction of Noah, an out gay teen who moves into town, has been creating a huge amount of buzz, and being treated like, well, the birth of a new soap uber-couple.

Right now, not so much with the deathless romance, though. In the poll, which asks "Should Luke pursue a relationship with Noah," here are over a thousand votes against, and only 122 for, their relationship. This is completely unacceptable. Go vote. Vote now. Vote often. Get your friends, family, and pets to vote.

Soap poll is here. And as your reward, under the jump is a little piece of the ongoing saga of Luke and Noah and best girlfriend Maddie.