So long to equality

Despite recent events, i.e. the first black president-elect on Nov. 5, people still don't seem to understand the true meaning of equality. In a country that prides itself on equal opportunity and that now defunct promise of the American Dream, I'm amazed and incredibly saddened by the enormous setbacks we are still facing. In the Nov. 4 California election, 52% of voters decided to approve Proposition 8 which banned gay marriage. My response: WHAT THE EFF!? I still can't come to terms with it. I live in Maryland which is pretty democratic/liberal but not as forward-thinking as I thought California to be. Therefore, I was hoping that at least one state would get us all going in the right direction. All hope was lost come Nov. 5th. Ten to twelve thousand rallyers crowded the streets to protest the proposition, but naysayers and negative Nancys like Frank Schubert had this to say: "They can protest all they like, and it doesn't change the fact that Prop. 8 has passed and the election is now over." Asshole. Basically, he just mocked all of the people fighting to be recognized and accepted as every other American out there. Sorry if they just want to be treated as human beings. And hey Frank, if every oppressed group in American history had decided to give up after the odds had been counted against them, women wouldn't be able to vote, Britain would still be calling us her bitch, and black people would STILL be in the back of the bus, but I guess you would have voted against all of that too. Oh yeah, aren't your niece and two of your sisters lesbians? Hmm, think about that one Frank. Politics over family I guess.