Last week was tough. As elated as I was at Obama’s win, I was disappointed and depressed at the outcome of propositions on gay marriage and adoption in California, Arizona, Arkansas, and Florida. And I was angry that the happiness I should be feeling was taken away by the backward- and closed-minded thinking of so many. I wish that I lived in California now, so that I could be at the protest rallies that are continuing.

takaza posted this out, and it bears repeating.

(Or you can read the transcript here)

I am reminded of a joyous occasion in 2001.

While that commitment ceremony was and is very real to us, it saddens me that our society and government do not agree.