I'm Amazed Sometimes

You know, back in November, I had this gut-wrenching fear that our country would slip into some type of grand decay, sliding into a hellish nightmare of far right religious conservatism - us led by zealots like George W. Bush. The fear nearly overshadowed my hopes that this country was still a place of freedom and tolerance.

But it didn't overshadow my hope - we still believe in freedom and tolerance.

California joins the fight.

Yes, indeed. Today, California joined the ranks of New York, New Jersey and Washington as a state with a successful lower court ruling that the state in question could not prohibit same-sex marriage on the basis that "that's how it's always been." With outlooks bright in New York and New Jersey for similar rulings at the state Supreme Court level, equality may soon be imparted upon all Americans in these states.