I have to admit that as I watched the election returns and finally heard CBS project Barac Obama as the President elect of the United States of America I broke down in tears.  Tears because I never thought I would have the opportunity to vote for an African-American for president.  Much less see that candidate win.

President Obama is a symbol of hope to every member of every minority.  It does not matter if you are white or black, gay or straight, Hispanic, Oriental, or Haitian, no matter what way the American Society has tried to pigeonhole you, as trying to tell you that you are not welcome, as trying to marginalize your existence in your beliefs, tonight is the beginning of the end of discrimination and marginalization of ANYBODY in our society.  At least, I pray that that's what it is.

And to the people outside the United States who could not vote for President Obama, you have seen once again the true power, the true heart.  The TRUTH of who and what the United States is.

I am at peace tonight knowing that I will wake tomorrow in a country I can once again be proud of, a country that I no longer will have to hang my head in shame at the actions and policies it has created over the last eight years.

Bobby