Many of my liberal friends are seriously discussing leaving the
country, for Canada or Europe or New Zealand. It is, of course,
tempting.

This would be a mistake, Jon. This country has come a long way. Bush is a
glitch in US progress, but it's still changing. As this country further
integrates we'll see far less of the white based religious mania. Freedom ebbs
and flows. This is just a brief ebb time. The religious right always lose in
the end.

RB