Equality.

The same day that Barack Obama is elected President, the state of California votes to have same-sex marriage banned by writing it into their State Constitution. It isn't the first State to legalize hate but I always thought that California was progressive and has led the USA in so many other areas, that saying no on Proposition 8 would be the foundation for the road to tolerance and acceptance. Its about equality, stupid. Equality trumps marriage.

Rights and Responsibilities.

Most everyone talks about their rights and hardly anyone mentions their responsibilities. Hearsay has it, Trudeau wanted to call it the Charter of Rights and Responsibilities during the initial negotiations for Canada's Constitution in the early 1980's. I wish he'd stuck to his guns because then the supreme court could hold the government, the police and populace accountable.