As I just posted on the other prop 8 thread, the appropriate response to this heartbreaking outcome is to take a deep breath and gear up for a fight that is by no means over. As Obama is fond of saying: Yes. We. Can.

- A strong majority of voters under thirty repudiated this proposition.

- Opposition to gay marriage has rapidly dropped from %61(the amount that voted for Prop 22 a few years ago)to %52.

- The No on 8 effort was disorganized and was taken by surprise at the fervor and dishonesty of the Yes on 8 crowd. A lesson to be learned.

Our president may not be willing to publically support gay marriage (and does anyone doubt that such support would have made it much more difficult for him to attain the white house?), but he also addresses citizens gay and straight openly and clearly at the beginning of his acceptance speech. That is significant. We aren't disappearing, and our movement is not going away. It's just going to get more organized and effective over the next few years. There is much reason for hope and, to once more quote the president elect, "there is nothing false about hope."

For days, the quote running through my head has been from JFK:

"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage - and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. "

I tried Wednesday to explain to the lovely Boomers on my board what this election meant to this Gen X girl. I think maybe we understood each other better than we have ever done in the past.