"you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do."

[themightybee]

I think Stephen Colbert said it best:

“I’m a little stunned. I don’t know what to do with my happiness. I’m still afraid someone’s going to take it away.”

There is so much I'm feeling. It's difficult to describe it all. Nonetheless, I'll try. ;)

I fell asleep last night exhausted with joy. I pulled the blankets over myself knowing that this one day will be the catalyst for some much needed change; knowing that on January 20th, we'll be swearing in a man who will hold us to his heart as tightly as he holds us in his hands; knowing that walls that, for years, had been reinforced have come crumbling down.

Obviously, and unfortunately, there are still walls that need to be broken. Newly obtained rights are about to be torn out of the hands of too many people; marriage licenses dissolved. It's disappointing to know that there are people who feel their neighbors, their brothers and sisters, should be treated as separate but equal. I'm hopeful, though, that after embracing a black man as our President, we'll soon ALL be able to embrace the lives and rights of our GLBT community. Everyone's love matters.

More than anything, I'm overwhelmed when thinking about my nephews. They won't remember a world where they didn't have a President that shared their skin color. No child born after January 20th, 2009, will live in a world where every leader of the free country resembled one another. The inspiration this is going to bring to the future of our country is mind-blowing.

Today is a beautiful, beautiful day.

Comments

[spifftronica.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I can't WAIT to be one of those old, withered ladies talking about history and America. It exhilarates me to think that one day many years from now I could be on the news or internet or something talking about how inspiring it was to elect President Obama, in the same fashion these women get to talk about getting the vote or marching with the King.

[thetopdown.livejournal.com]

Newly obtained rights are about to be torn out of the hands of too many people; marriage licenses dissolved.

I was DEVASTATED last night. I swear to G-d, it's just... unfathomable. Horrible. I'm going to get on working for this bullshit to END. The fight isn't over. Brown v. Board overturned Plessy v. Ferguson... we can overturn this.

[krasinski.livejournal.com]

Stephen Colbert really did say it best.

[aprilbegins.livejournal.com]

Just a note: I'm catching up on the rest of Indecision '08 right now (fell asleep last night; bitch was exhausted) and YOU NEED TO INFORM STEPHEN COLBERT ABOUT RHODE ISLAND. I suggest a 7th grade-style presentation. MAYBE A DIORAMA.