Conservatives, please feel free to stop reading now. I respect your right to hold your opinions, but now I’m going to express mine. [scattered though they may be--it is, after all, hours before noon.]
For the first time in a very, very long time, I’m hopeful about the future of our country. I feel like we’ve finally grown up. As a nation, we were able to get past the politics of hate and fear; we elected a sober, thoughtful, intelligent, humane, and decent man to the presidency. We knew that he’d ask us to make sacrifices and to participate in our communities, but we elected him anyway. I’m very proud of us.
AND many of the ballot initiatives broke in favor of progressivism, too. Little by little, the US is becoming a place that truly does respect human rights. All those faded “United We Stand” bumperstickers have taken on a different cast since last night. Suddenly, it’s a promise and a declaration that’s proactive rather than reactive, and “we” truly means all of us. Never mind. Looks like Prop 8 is going to pass after all. And Christmas has been cancelled.
This is one of those moments where I don’t have anything to say, and wish mostly to give you a hug.