I found this interesting election day tidbit.........

First off, great to see a big turnout of the electorate in the election yesterday. While the candidate that I supported didn't win the presidency, I think it's wonderful to see increased participation in any form. People need to be involved in politics because it does affect them.

I found this information out of yesterday's election to be extremely interesting. For those that are unaware, there were gay marriage bans on the ballot in California and Florida.

In California, white voters were 51% opposed to the gay marriage ban. Black voters were 70% in favor of the gay marriage ban.

In Florida, white voters were 60% against the gay marriage ban. Black voters voted 3:1 in favor of a gay marriage ban.

In summary, while the massive African-American turnout of yesterday's election helped push one discrimination barrier aside, it appears that same influx of African-American voters rolled back a discrimination breakthrough on the gay rights front. The same-sex community may rue the day that they supported Barack Obama. They got a liberal candidate into the Oval Office, but they lost their right to get married due to the influx of supporters for that candidate. That's a bitter pill to swallow.