Tomorrow and Friday are big days for my family. Tomorrow we drive to Alexandria, Louisiana, with Oldest Son, and Friday we enroll him at his new school. It's not something I really want to do, but it's the best I can do for now under the circumstances.

So now the President is jumping on the Constitutional amendment bandwagon, knowing full well that the thing won't even get out of Congress until after the November election. Pretty cynical, but it may backfire. A lot of conservatives are uncomfortable with constitutional amendments of any kind, particularly ones that give more power to the Federal Government. Also, while Middle America might not be all that comfortable with gay marriage, I don't know whether Middle America is so outraged by it to tinker with the Constitution over it. IMHO, this is a matter for the states to decide, without interference from the Federal Courts on the one hand or those who would amend the Constitution on the other.