The Gideonse Bible   With the beard? Yeah, you!

An hour or so ago, I sent the following to my family, which was in a frenzy of Obamania:

Seeing Ohio go blue – partly because of my mother’s hard work – was a thrilling moment, and I was agog watching Obama’s speech. It’s been an amazing year. But it has been nearly impossible for me to feel much joy today. I’ve felt the opposite, in fact. While California voted for Obama by a huge margin, a million of his supporters helped take away one of my fundamental rights. Essentially, they legitimized a campaign whose central argument was that nothing is worse than teaching children that gay people are treated equal under the law. In Florida, which Obama also won, a million, if not more, of his supporters also wrote discrimination into their state’s constitution. In Arkansas, as of today, it is now illegal even to foster a child if you are gay. Obama’s election is a sea change in American history, but until we no longer legally oppress all minorities, we will not be a free country.