Prop Hate

For the transformation of Obama's election, California showed us Tuesday how far we have to go for equality for all.

Ironic that so many African Americans voted for Prop 8. I'm not black but believe that I am not truly free unless all of my fellow Americans are. I'm not gay, but cannot abide my government telling my gay friends that their love is not the same, that their commitment does not equal mine. I'm not a christian but cannot understand how the words of Christ are interpreted to condone discrimination. Naive, of course, but I'm still struck by it when it happens so visibly and with such contradiction. Barack Obama's parents' marriage was illegal when he was born.

Despite the loss, two of my gay friends noted that momentum is on the side of justice. Again, how far we've come in a generation. The long arc is bending, if too slowly.