obviously yesterday in kentucky but one of the factors it seems was voters in kentucky saying let s put the brakes on the pace of social change a little bit. now let s go down to texas, to the city of houston, the fourth largest city in the country. there was a gay rights ordinance on the ballot in houston yesterday. it was a gay rights ordinance that also applied to transgender people. now, the opposition to this gay rights ordinance focused on that specific issue, on the transgender issue, basically making the case that some men might dress up as women so they could go into a women s room and stare at women there or harass them. for instance, the governor of texas, a conservative republican, greg abbott, as the voting was taking place yesterday in houston, he said on twitter no men in women s bathrooms. he said vote against this ordinance. that was the theme that opponents of this used. they weren t talking about gay rights. they were talking about transgender rights. something that