The election of hope...

Hope by the numbers...
-6 more Democrat Governors were elected among them at least 2 (Spitzer and Deval) who are openly supportive of gay marriage.

-A Democrat majority in the house (~234) and senate (49 + 2 indys) means a great deal for civil rights legislation and ethics abuse oversight. Beyond gay marriage, if we don't have a legislature willing to stand up for everyone's rights we're screwed.

-Arizona defeated a state wide ballot measure banning gay marriage. It was the only one of eight ballot measures banning same sex marriage that failed this election cycle. This is progress, last cycle they all passed.

-Finally, The Victory Fund announced that 67 openly gay candidates were elected to positions throughout the United States. This doesn't include other LGBT supporters or other civil rights advocates.

Hope is a start...now comes the real action. Get involved. Below are some places to start...
www.hrc.org
www.one.org
www.dnc.org
www.americanprogress.org