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11/05/2008: "Bittersweet Victory"

I have never been moved by elections. I have never been excited about a candidate. I've never looked forward to voting.

Obama changed all of that.

When McCain began his concession speech last night, I was shocked. I hadn't expected it to happen so soon - if I even dared to hope for it at all. I had expected a very long evening indeed. A closer race. More controversy. Possible court intervention. I was in tears and kept repeating, "Oh my God! He won! He WON!" It was so easy.

And then I saw how California was voting for Prop 8 and I was appalled.

I want to be excited today. I want to be truly thrilled. But I'm not as happy as I want to be because my gay friends are having rights taken away and I can't stand for that. I want to walk around with a huge grin and a feeling that real change is coming. But that feeling is muted because religion and fear and right wing idiocy continue in this country. The gay marriage ban - a constitutional BAN - sickens me and I hope it sickens you.

Obama's victory gave me chills last night. But it can only be a first step in the right direction on a long journey. Prop 8 gives me chills of a very different kind.