--- commonold.inc	2007-01-01 17:10:38.000000000 -0500
+++ common.inc	2007-01-20 15:40:48.812500000 -0500
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ function drupal_attributes($attributes =
  *   an HTML string containing a link to the given path.
  */
 function l($text, $path, $attributes = array(), $query = NULL, $fragment = NULL, $absolute = FALSE, $html = FALSE) {
-  if ($path == $_GET['q']) {
+  if ($path == $_GET['q'] || ($path == '<front>' && !isset($_REQUEST['q'])) ) {
     if (isset($attributes['class'])) {
       $attributes['class'] .= ' active';
     }