It’s not easy to describe how it felt when California passed Proposition 8 – banning same-sex marriages – last week. The same happened in Oregon four years ago. We search for words to express how it feels to know that secretly (and openly) 52% of people hate us. We rage and we cry and we feel empty. We try to forgive, to keep hope alive, to move forward despite this setback.

Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on gay marriage is one of the most powerful and well-presented commentaries on the issue I’ve ever heard. It is without blame or anger, it does not hate or rail against religion. He simply asks, “What’s it to you?” And that’s what we all want to know.

I’m inspired by Olbermann’s words. He’s right, this isn’t about religion or politics. It’s about love and humanity, on both sides of the issue. Let’s remember to be human, to be decent, and to love each other and let love grow whatever form it may take.

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