Interestingly, I had been perusing the SFGate site, Proposition 8 contributions, for Washington State contributors, to consider my personal actions with regard to these organizations. Not much I can do organizationally (being a federal employee), but it will influence my personal decisions.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich