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Anti-gay marriage bans passed in Arizona and in Florida. In Arkansas, voters passed an initiative to bar all unmarried people, gay or straight, from adopting children or serving as foster parents. The votes are still being counted in California, but the outlook is grim. An unfortunate blues refrain to the historical victory hymn of President Barak Obama makes me instinctually want to spew out a rant full of expletives. Instead, I am posting a link to Andrew Sullivan's tempered response. He articulates the sorrow of the defeat, but reminds us to maintain our optimism and to keep fighting for equal rights.