prop 8

if you've read my blog in the past 24 hours, you may realize that this is my third version of this post. hopefully, it will be my final revision.

when it comes to issues like gay rights or abortion or other extremely personal, yet very public policy, matters, it is very easy to see the big picture in black and white.

it is not so easy to see the black and white when looking at the little picture--the effect of these big picture issues on a small scale as they apply to those dear to me.

at least for me, the black and white are still there, but they have also blurred into many shades of gray and even many shades of black and many shades of white and sometimes into shades of color i didn't even know were part of the picture.