Link: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/13120670.htm

This commentary in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram eloquently explains why this amendment is a ticking bomb for Texas.
Speaking personally, I have a couple of comments:

1. The election turnout was less than 20%. A very large majority of registered voters in Texas did not even bother to vote. This is a major challenge to the practice of representative democracy. It allowed a change to the state constitution to be passed by a vote in favour by only about 14% of the electorate. We have no idea what the result might have been if a majority of registered voters had actually voted. What we do know is that a majority of Texans sat on their hands and let a minority make a significant civil rights decision. Shame on the non-voters. They have failed in their civic duty.
2. My wife and I will be reviewing our life strategy as a result of this vote, and we will seriously be considering leaving Texas in the next 2-3 years. I am not prepared to continue to live long-term in a state whose citizens appear to think that it is OK to abridge the civil rights of a section of the population based on sexual orientation.