

The first snow of the year in Lawrence, Kansas, started falling about 40 minutes ago. I just took these two shots through my upstairs living room window. I'm from Michigan, and I have to admit to feeling like a kid with a new toy. I love snow.
He didn't introduce himself. He didn't have to. President Obama simply stuck out his hand and asked for my name as he stepped toward me amid a bone-chilling drizzle in the Gardens of Stone.
YOU - that's the "you" that's generally young, gay, trans, queer, lesbian, etc., and so certain you're right - YOU scare the living heck out of me. I'm not exactly certain what it is that is so frightening. I do have the distinct feeling, however, that you've just wrenched the steering wheel of the LGBT movement out of my age-spotted hands and that you're driving us queer folk off a political cliff.
Let me count my fears. (more at Bilerico)
I certainly don't think the No on 1 campaign can be blamed; by every indication, they ran a tip-top operation whereas the Yes on 1 folks were amateurish. But this may not be an issue where the campaign itself matters very much; people have pretty strong feelings about the gay marriage issue and are not typically open to persuasion.Where I differ from Nate is the idea that voters can't eventually be shifted on marriage. I think they can and they must.