President Obama sent this message to supporters today

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3. It's a huge change. And I haven't seen one prominent

GLBT leader say anything to the contrary. Yes, he said leave it up to the states but he knows this will be settled in the courts and I believe that when the time comes, if re-elected, he'll have the opportunity to appoint pro-equality judges and justices. Does he need to "evolve" further? Yes, of course. But his impulse is toward equality.

However, having said that, I believe this position could lose him the election. No matter what happens, I support his declaration of support and wouldn't have it any other way (except his further "evolving", but there is one important state that I believe he'll lose because of it: Florida. Why? Because Florida has a very large percentage of elderly voters, and we KNOW that elderly voters are the most likely to disapprove of marriage equality. In most states, his support of ME won't make a difference, but there, I'll venture that it will.