I would challenge each person that voted “yes” on Prop 8 to read the book titled “What the Bible REALLY says about Homosexuality” by Daniel A. Helminiak, Ph.D. After you read this book then try to hide behind what you THINK the bible is telling you. The bible also tells us “judge not, lest ye be judged.” & “love your neighbor as yourself” and “do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” Some people should read the bible rather than pick out specific texts to back up their opinions. We would all do well to take the bible seriously rather than literally.

I’ll answer these here, but I think I’m going to give a longer, more thoughtful answer on my blog later

* Is this a new moment–a Stonewall 2.0, as some are calling it–or just the appropriately sized response to the largest grassroots campaign our community has ever run?

New moment. Utterly. Yes, it’s the largest campaign ever (though I’m not sure it was ‘grassroots’ completely), but it’s the aftermath that seems to be different, not just the size of the campaign before hand (which was big). Something happened, both in me individually, and the larger community. I haven’t completely articulated yet, but I will.

* If it is a new moment, what’s fundamentally different from before? How did Election Day change your perspective or the kinds of actions you’ll take to achieve equality?

I think the fundamental difference will be from two areas. The change will be, and is, from a top-down approach to a more bottom-up one. Consider the protests on Nov. 15, they were instigated and organized by… facebook (and other networking). It wasn’t perfect, but it was something new and different. The other is focus. I think there will be a lot more focus on telling our stories (there has been a lot here, and elsewhere, but not enough generally) and who WE are.

* If you could help achieve one concrete thing towards family equality in 2009, what would it be and why?

Draft legislation federally to repeal DOMA and locally to repeal 8. I don’t think either of those will be voted on in 2009, but I want to see concrete progress towards both.

As one of the organizers of the rally in Portland, Oregon I would say that this moment is fairly unique from the past. First, Stonewall didn’t change history-what came before and especially after, is what changed history. One of the greatest things I’ve seen come from the reactions to the election results, is a fresh sense of moving forward by people who have been in the fight for a long time. I think the younger generation, many of who already seasoned grass-roots activists, realize that equality takes work.

Election day didn’t change much of my actions because I was already involved. However, it has helped me to step it up even further.

For 2009, I want to see the energy and call to action that has been kicked up solidified into a true, community-wide commitment to unifying our voices and achieving the equal rights that all of this is about.