One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Last night was, and will always be, a historic night. It was one of those nights that we're going to teach our children about, and our children will describe to their children how grandpa was there that night, watching CNN and their fancy "hologram" technology for the first time.

America has taken a huge step forward in the election of the first black president. Watching CNN, reading Time Magazine, I'm reminded by the fact that the entirety of the world has come behind this man, proud of America for taking this step forward. Yet I can't help but be saddened at the result from Proposition 8 in California. It's not official as I write this, but at 95% of the vote, 52% voted in favor for the "protection of marriage".

My major question is this. If your marriage feels threatened by two homosexuals who love each other, your marriage has far greater problems than the definition of marriage. If you feel as though your marriage is tainted, or dirty, because of same-sex marriage, then you need to re-evaluate your own marriage before you evaluate others. If you are worried that your kids will turn gay because his friends parents are both female, then you need to be concerned about your own parenting, not theirs. In my opinion, proposition 8 shows me that hopefully, someday in my lifetime, I will also be watching history being made as the first homosexual presidential candidate gets elected. Maybe then we can give gay people the same rights as us straight blacks and whites.