It's so dispiriting. Obama being elected was a moving and joyful event, and then Prop 8 passing felt like a huge crash back to bitter reality. All the anti-marriage amendments were a bitter pill, but California removed an existing right, and that seems so much worse.

I read a generous and wise post (http://penknife.livejournal.com/374549.html) which tries to sort out the reasoning of the people who vote against equal marriage rights - and it helped me understand a little. But I still can't really understand.