On the whole, the law is improving for lesbians and gay parents and their children. Most states now recognize that it is wrong to use sexual orientation as an excuse to deny parents custody and visitation and many states now allow both partners in same-sex relationships to adopt the children they are raising together.

They remember what happened. They want to get back there and go even further.

We just needed a game. It was important we got something in.

We have had a lot of success. A little of this and a little of that, and we could have been undefeated. But that's the way it goes.