The Greeks? So cool.

What would the world have been like if the Greeks had expanded their empire instead of the Christians? I suppose we’ll never know.

A report from this summer at gallup.com reveals that Americans, on the whole, think that homosexuality is acceptable, and that we should not discriminate against them in the workplace, but apparently marriage is right out.

Man, I love polls.

An Asociated Press poll indicated that seven in ten black voters in California voted to deny gays equal rights under the law thru the passage of Prop 8.

I am shocked that the black community could be so ruthlessly hypocritical. The shame those 7 in 10 should feel.

So 43 years, eh? I guess that’s how long it takes for one community to forget about it’s epic struggle to achieve civil right. To forget what it means to be held down. To be denied. To forget how much prejudice hurts people.

Might I remind us that 40 years ago it would have been against the law for Barak Obama’s parents to marry. And now the people who are celebrating the election of the first black man to office, on the same day helped deny another group of people the very same freedoms that they stuggled for 40 years ago.

The irony is overwhelming.

I’d say it myself, but Keith says it so much better…

A glorious sunset. A beautiful silence. The smell of flowers. A cold hollow followed by a warm hilltop. A song sung by my boy. A smile from my love. The world, peacefully sleeping. The smell of fresh bread or beer.

These things make me deeply happy. The kind of happy that starts on the inside and comes out. Lately these feelings of joy and wonder have brought me to tears – and everything that I see sparkles.