Main Street, Election Night Celebrations

Main Street, Burlington, Vermont - Photo by Brett Lufer

It's like nothing I've ever seen before. Never, in my adult life, have I felt this proud of being an American.

Although, along with the great, amazing, wave of joy and the sense of possibility, there was devastation, too: CA voters approved Proposition 8 banning same sex marriages.

Now the work begins. I want to do my part.