Would they be making these changes if they were still winning?

As someone who has been doing this work for nearly a decade, and as someone who was a sentient, semi-politically-minded person long before that, I can easily remember the self-confidence of the anti-gay movement when their "wins" came easily. During the early and mid part of the Bush years, the professional anti-LGBT figures and groups were not at all concerned with their tone, and they certainly saw no need to temper their plans for rolling back LGBT rights. They weren't even especially conc...