Regrettably, we cannot yet rely upon the courts to do the right thing, although this case is the best shot we've ever had. So what is to be done?

The answer is pretty straightforward: spend at least $4 million--a tenth or so of the money folks will be asked to shell out for a 2012 California measure--to run a national campaign to change the way people think. The trial gave us the skeleton for such a campaign, debunking the arguments of the right, providing the stories and the impetus for a national effort. Modern communication via television and social media give us the reach. And old fashioned organizing gives us the means.