It was like the second coming of the messiah, yes?! Obama’s speech was especially heartwarming to me as he spoke at my alma mater — the place where I learned to defend my rights as a woman, helped build a mini shanty town in protest of apartheid, argued with narrow-minded evangelicals on the quad, served beverages at the Gay Illini meetings, and generally developed my moral compass.
However, the work has already been in full motion! The haters may be loud, but our support is swelling! Your ongoing writing is part of the work! We love Obama, but we don’t require him; there are tons of great people with great hearts and the will to do right. Love always wins in the end — hopefully in November, but love will win. We have to believe that to do the work.
