Maybe I jumped the shark in pushing for a shift in focus. It could very well be that we have a much more difficult battle winning the hearts and minds of people than we have with arguing the unconstitutionality of laws against gay marriage.

Unfortunately, this is how many of my conversations go with far too many people who get worked up about what they think they know, even if what they think they know is wrong.

In my view, LGBT equality is a very large part of our nation’s continuing evolution to be a more perfect union. The groundwork for this is already laid out in the 14th Amendment.

Google is going to begin covering a cost that gay and lesbian employees must pay when their partners receive domestic partner health benefits.

The 22nd annual Out in the Park is scheduled for June 27th at Chesapeake City Park. This is the largest GLBT Pride event in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

O’Reilly made the superhuman leap in comparing gays to terrorists, asking whether or not McDonald’s would add Al Qaeda to the groups being targeting in their “Come as You Are” ad campaign.

Not everyone is correct 100% of the time, and Dougherty misses the mark in her Sunday column entitled, “Sen. Webb has the Right Idea on Military Policy: Don’t Rush.”

President Barack Obama has proclaimed June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, stating that, “our Nation draws its strength from our diversity, with each of us contributing to the greater whole. By affirming these rights and values, each American benefits from the further advancement of liberty and justice for all.”

While my heart aches for the Malawian couple, I also recognize that, in some ways, the United States isn’t much more enlightened or accepting. We as Americans, and as human beings, can be better and do better than we are now.

I have every confidence that they are more than capable of adjusting to the reality that gay men and women do serve honorably and bravely with their straight counterparts in defending our nation.