It’s Election Day! Get out and vote! When you wake up tomorrow, the 2012 presidential election will be over. For good or for bad, the political fighting will be over, the people will have spoken and we will all move on with our lives.

Almost $1 billion that people could have given to food kitchens or shelters but instead chose to donate to a political figure will be gone forever – the fight for power will be over for this election. Not to worry though, the fight for the White House in 2016 will start anew on this day.

On Tuesday, one day after the worst of Hurricane Sandy and one week before Election Day, I received an email from Republican VP candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, inviting me to phone bank for the Romney-Ryan ticket.

Me! The feminist who “won’t vote for Romney or anyone who embraces a fundamentalist interpretation of women’s rights and roles.” A liberal woman phone banking for Romney? Not!

Just one more week of political hell – and then we simply have to deal with the consequences and move on. I’d love to see us move on in a world filled with love and compassion for one another; I’m just not sure the American people are programmed for those sorts of feelings.

Let’s face the facts – no matter who wins this election – prejudice, racism, homophobia, discrimination and bashing in all forms will continue to face those of us who are part of the “less-than” population.

No community has more at stake in this presidential election than the LGBT community. In Barack Obama, we have a Democratic candidate who has embraced full equality for LGBT people. We have a Republican candidate in Mitt Romney who is against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), was against ending "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" (DADT), and is against marriage equality or civil unions for gay couples.