And somehow, I managed to keep my mouth shut during most of it until now.

Good, bad, or indifferent, thank Allah it's over. Now we can get back to {insert what really matters to you here} instead of listening to, or reading about exaggerated experience, appalling accusations and empty promises. I can't even read a bike blog anymore without stumbling over someone's rant about electing the candidate of their choice. That's annoying. That's not bicycling. More than ever, this campaign seemed like a plague. Yet, how easily we forget that we've heard it all before; 4 years ago and the 4 years prior to that. And guess what? We'll hear it all again in another 4 years.

So is it the man (or woman) you believe in or do you just believe what they're feeding you? I believe that talk is cheap (unlike the sickening price tag put on this election). But I also believe that neither candidate knows how to do my job any better than I (or you) know how to do theirs, and because of that belief, I'm confident in both men and in the men and women they appoint.

Some have accused me of being apathetic, but that's just them running their own negative campaign against me. The reality is, I was apathetic about it all, mostly because things and those close to me have, and will have a greater impact on my life than the next president. My relationships with people are far more important than any political arguments or quarrels. I'm not suggesting that you don't stand up or vote for what you believe in. I just find it amusing how politically-aware everyone seems to get when any other time, they're more concerned with their American Idol vote than what's going on in their local government.

Yesterday most of us fulfilled our civic responsibility by voting, but we failed miserably in the department of moral responsibility. By passing Measure 8, the California majority has a moral compass pointed in the direction of selfishness and bigotry, not unlike the moral compass of Nazi Germany.

Let’s say for example, a law was passed preventing green eyed people from buying a home, which meant they could only rent and not buy. Like Nazi Germany, that makes no sense to me either.

It also doesn't make sense to me how people who don't go to church, don't read the bible, haven't read the bible in its entirety, and choose to "sin" when it's convenient for them, have suddenly decided to reference the bible when arguing that gays should not be allowed to marry. There's a specific word for people like that.

hypocrite: a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.

You have disgraced yourselves once again.

At one time in this country women and African Americans weren't allowed to vote. Now they have a vote deciding whether or not two people can legally be married. That's ironic. What's more ironic is that in this election there was a black dude and a chick on the ballot. Maybe in a few decades we'll elect a legally married black gay woman. That would be super.

Did I mention my non-gay cousin got married a couple weeks ago?

Steven & Sarah, the bride and groom dance.

Ryder and Destry will dance with anyone.

Meredith and Destry say, "Cheese is bad."

Joey and Ryder have been watching too much Dancing with the Stars.

At times the whole thing looked more like daycare than a wedding, but then later on in the night there was a fight and someone went to jail so it went back to feeling like a good old fashion IE wedding.