One Of The Many Reasons I'm Mad

One of the things that has me the most pissed off about these anti-marriage initiatives is that I haven't had time to take in all the great news that is coming from the Obama camp. This is a man I have happily supported and is most likely the only president I will see that is anywhere near as left-leaning as I am (although no where near my stance, he's the closest… sadly, my boy Kucinich doesn't have a chance in hell), and I've completely missed out on all of the things going on in his soon-to-be cabinet.

He's already launched change.gov, a crowd-sourced website that is designed to allow direct interaction with the administration and a easy-to-use and constituent friendly interface to learn about policies. Hell, you can even apply for a non-career position in his cabinet right on the website.

Then this morning come details of hundreds of immediate actions he plans on taking once he has assumed office, including over-turning many of the Bush administrations Executive Orders and even reinstating quite a few of the Clinton Administration's EO's.

And Barack and Michelle even had dinner at Spiaggia this weekend here in Chicago! I love Spiaggia! (for the record, I have no idea why this story was published by the Red Eye this morning. Apparently, all the change and actually policy talk doesn't ring well with the Red Eye's targeted 25-40 audience).

I've missed this, and I hardly have time to catch up on it. I've missed the first days of Barack's leadership because I'm too concerned about fighting for the rights that should never have been taken away from people. I'm not happy about it. I've said it before, I'm not happy about having to fight this fight. I don't believe anyone ever is. But when I hear things like this, I am reminded completely why I need to find a way to fight, why we all need to keep fighting.

Our loss in California has only emboldened these bigots. If we don't continue to fight, wherever we are, we will all lose our rights. Don't think that they are done enforcing their morality. After all, us gays are only one of the "social ills" this country faces. They have imposed their hatred on 30 states now, there's 20 more to go. And they aren't going to stop with anti-gay initiatives. Next will be abortion rights. Then education (goodbye evolution and science, hello Jesus and survivors of whale digestion). Then parent's rights. Oh, and that divorce option? Yeah, that'll be gone too.

We need to stop them. Now.