To all the gays and lesbians here on Daily Kos and especially those in California who have chosen to get married, I want to wish you a Happy Pride

Tonight Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin once again said "I do" to each other in San Francisco City Hall but this time it will be much harder for the powers that be to take it all away.  I am feeling a profound sense of gratitude for their life long effort to obtain civil rights for themselves and therefore for people like me.

and why I support Obama.  I believe he most represents the progressive values I care about.  But this diary may not end the way you expect it. See after the jump.