Obama wins re-election. (You don't really need a link to that news story, do you?)

Election 2012 -- Analysis: A nation moving further [1]apart [1]Election confirms an entrenched divide amid new political realities

Election 2012 -- Global reactoin: little exuberance: Obama reelection prompts reflection on conflicts, concerns around the globe [2]

Election 2012 -- Same-Sex Marriage Wins on the Ballot for the First Time in American History [3]Maine, Washington, and Maryland voted to legalize gay unions, while Minnesota struck down a measure that would have outlawed them.

Election 2012 -- Analysis: Both sides see mandate, hard road ahead after Obama re-election, Republicans keep House [4]

You might have seen this story earlier in NCR: Minnesota nonprofit for farmers loses grant for ties to groups opposing marriage bill [5] Well, this what some people think about it: Catholic Bishops engaged in overreaching philanthropic behavior in case of Land Stewardship Project [6]

Good news from Massachuetts: Backers of Mass. doctor-assisted suicide concede [7] And this is what Michael Sean Winters thinks about it: The Sweetest Win [8]

French Cabinet approves gay marriage bill [9]

NCR's sister publication, Celebration, posts reflections on each day's Scripture reading. Here's a link: celebrationpublications.org/dailybread [10]. You may want to bookmark it. It's a great way to begin the day.