Once again Keith Olbermann speaks Truth to Power

Here he comments of the passage of Prop 8 in California. This part really got to me:

You are asked now, by your country, and perhaps by your creator, to stand on one side or another. You are asked now to stand, not on a question of politics, not on a question of religion, not on a question of gay or straight. You are asked now to stand, on a question of love. All you need do is stand, and let the tiny ember of love meet its own fate.

The fact that Olbermann says in the beginning that he has no real personal investment in this issue makes it all the more powerful.

Thanks, Keith! 

Holy Matrimony, Batman!!!

Wow, the mostly Republican appointed California Supreme Court has paved the way for same-sex marriage in California. (See here.) The Governator will not fight it, although the dissenting opinion thinks that, "...the issue should be left to the voters." (I think we have seen that putting rights to a popular vote is not a way to redress injustice, but hell, I am only using the 20/20 hindsight of history.)

Perhaps there is hope for the USA.