This is the gay agenda: equality. Not special rights, but the rights that are already written by [our Founding Fathers].

Most remember the groundbreaking first in sports; few remember the third or fourth to follow in those tracks. That's not downplaying anyone's achievements but rather recognizing that there comes a time when simply being there is no longer good enough for the record books.

Teachers are not glorified babysitters with summers off. Their profession fuels all others, and on a normal day that is amazing enough in and of itself.

With technology and social media and citizen journalism, every rock that used to go unturned is now being flipped, lit and put on TV.

This is the gay agenda: equality. Not special rights, but the rights that are already written by [our Founding Fathers].

Instead of this fruitless debate about having it all, men and women should focus on what make us happy. Instead of comparing our lives with people we don't know who are making sacrifices we don't see, we should try to find the right balance between home and work life.

Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim.