Maybe I should move back to France...

The openly-gay mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, is visiting San Francisco this week to meet with city officials and strengthen Parisien-San Franciscan ties. Segolene Royal is a female forerunner in the French presidential race for 2007. She (GASP) lives with a "domestic partner" and has four children.

Meanwhile back at home, a group of parents in Massachusetts have complained to school officials about a teacher reading King & King- the fictional story of a gay prince. There are also very few people in this country that think we will have a female president in the near future.

How did we get so far behind?