The Fight in Florida: Where do we go from here?

[Shana A]

The Fight in Florida: Where do we go from here?
Filed by: Waymon Hudson
November 9, 2008 4:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/the_fight_in_florida_where_do_we_go_from.php

and

http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=EBB69585AAE81F69A727A60CAC90C7C8?diaryId=8118

There is no doubt about it- Nov 4th was a bittersweet and historic day.

Barack Obama shattered a glass ceiling by becoming the first African-American elected to the office of the Presidency. But for many in the LGBT community, it was also a day of tremendous setbacks and the installation of a new and more confining ceiling of bigotry.

Anti-gay amendments and propositions passed in numerous states- including here in Florida, where Amendment 2 (the so-called "Marriage Protection" Amendment) passed with a supermajority of 62%. So that leaves many of us here in Florida wondering:

Where do we go from here?