Obama Promises to Reverse Global Gag Rule on First Day in Office

OMFG. Last night I went to a fundraiser for Barack Obama. Throughout the speech, I was standing 15 feet away from him, in the third row of people. After he finished his speech, it became clear that he was going to walk along the front and shake hands with people, so I slipped into a space along the railing separating the crowd from where he and the Secret Service were going to be.

When he got to me, as I was shaking his hand, I looked him in the eye and asked "Will you reverse the Global Gag Rule on your first day in office?" He didn't hear me, so he leaned in and I repeated the question. He nodded, and I was afraid he was going to just nod me off and continue down the line of people, but then he said, "Yep. I believe science should govern our family planning and AIDS policy."

And then I floated away.