There will be a candlelight vigil at the corner of Piedmont and 10th this evening at 5 p.m. in support of same-sex marriage rights. I plan to be there, not just to support my co-worker Kirsten Ott, the Sunday Paper's fashion editor, but also to make my support of equal rights crystal clear.
I seldom make public appearances these days, but this is important.
Please join me in responding with a clear rebuke to California's prop 8 and similar legislation elsewhere. I'll bring some extra candles, but try to remember to bring your own. There's a lot of darkness out there to lift.
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The New York Times has set about painting all those Southerners who voted for John McCain as racists. The Atlanta area is at the very epicenter of the conservative-liberal seismic shift. Yet the Times didn’t think the Atlanta area important enough to explore for its story. (Full article and comments)

Video shows two alleged members of the "new" Black Panthers wielding a night stick to scare away anyone who looked like they weren't voting for Obama at a polling station in Philly. I say "alleged" because although they are black and they are wearing militant garb, we don't know if they are actually members of the Panthers or just wannabes. Not that it matters much when it comes to wielding a deadly weapon at a polling station. Does Philly not have any cops?  Here's the video made by a University of Pennsylvania student as posted on politico.com:
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If Obama wins, it won’t be by the landslide that so many have predicted. The thing that will be most astonishing to many of those on the left is the very thing that history should have prepared them for: the loud election-day voice of the silent majority. (Full article and comments)

Although she holds a personal belief that abortion should be used only in cases where pregnancy threatens the life of the mother, lately we have heard increasingly about how Palin has never sought to legislate on that belief in Alaska’s statehouse. (Full article and comments)

Join Stephanie Ramage for PBS election night coverage on the Georgia Public Broadcast System's TV channel 8 and WABE 90.1 FM or streaming live at www.gpb.org/election. 
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"I will close the Guantanamo Bay prison and ban torture...There is great need for American leadership in the world, and I understand that only by exercising that leadership with grace and wisdom can we be successful in safeguarding our interests."
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Trig Palin, and how America has reacted to him, illustrates the difference between true tolerance and cheap, easy notions of diversity.

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Eugene Robinson, a columnist for the Washington Post, supports Obama. But, he's noticed some things about Sarah Palin that we should all note. (Full article and comments)

"McCain—a Republican—risked his political career to pursue comprehensive immigration reform, while Barack Obama—a Democrat—was late to the issue and made some bad choices once he stepped into the debate... (Full article and comments)