It's good to feel useful

Today, while petitioning against the hateful anti-gay ballot initiatives to "protect" marriage in California, I explained the initiative and why even straight people should do all they can to prevent it from getting on the ballot -- to a smartly-dressed Latino family fresh out of Sunday Mass. In Spanish. Our volunteer group was nearly entirely white and I was the only Spanish-speaker. It seemed pretty clear to me from the family's reaction to my rap in English that the message wasn't getting through. A simple Ustedes hablan español, no? was all it took to start up what turned into an informative chat. They were very receptive to the message. Y sí, claro, firmaron la petición.