OBAMA

Congratulations to Barak Obama on becoming the 44th President of the United States.

YES, WE HEARD THAT!: Obama gives the gays a shoutout in the opening moments of his victory speech:
Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama—as prepared for delivery Election Night Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.

"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America."

HOWEVER:

We made a huge step backwards because Arizona's ban on gay marriage passed, and so did Florida's. Arkansas approved an adoption ban for unmarried couples. Proposition 8 in California is still undecided, but proponents of the measure are claiming victory. So no gay marriage still in California!