John Guardiano sounds a swan song on behalf of the anti-gay right:
I am not optimistic that conservatives and traditionalists can prevail against the awesome political and cultural power of the gay lobby. Our political challenge lies in distinguishing between tolerance and acceptance on the one hand, and affirmation and approval on the other hand. In our rights-based political culture, that's not an easy distinction to make. And it's especially difficult to make that distinction when you are afraid to explain why anyone has legitimate reason — rooted in morality, aesthetics, and public health — not to put homosexuality on a legal and social par with heterosexuality. Yet, that is something which conservatives seem unwilling or unable to do. Consequently, they (we) are losing big time politically.
Aesthetics? And notice the use of "the gay lobby." I don't think it's any more homophobic to say that as it is anti-Semitic to say "the Greater Israel lobby." And boy, I wish he were right. But what won this was public opinion – massively in favor of equal treatment and dignity. This time it prevailed against Christianism.
The Dish 