I wrote last week that the idea of homophobia is no longer welcome and while battles still need to be fought, the war has been won. My friend and debate partner disagreed. So I'll offer some evidence that while battles -- marriage in New York the latest one -- rage on, the war is won.
* The next Speaker of the Calif. Assembly will likely be John Perez, a gay man.
* Campbell, Calif. city council choose the mayor and this time chose Evan Low. He's 26 years old, gay, and is Asian-American in a suburb that is 70% white.
* Back when Massachusetts was crafting a gay marriage law because their Supremes said they had to, Vincent Ciampa, a Dem., voted against it. What did he care? His seat was so safe that the GOP didn't bother opposing him. That vote really annoyed Carl Sciortino, a gay man who was 26 at the time. So, in 2005 Sciortino challenged Ciampa in the primary even though the political machine was with Ciampa and Sciortino had no experience. But the kid did have a moral cause of equality. And won. If you oppose equality the chances are increasing that you'll pay for your vote.
* Georgia has a new black lesbian state legislator in Simone Bell. Alex Wan, a gay Asian-American, has been elected to Atlanta City Council.
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