Same-sex "Marriage" is not Inevitable

1. The polls continue to show that same-sex "marriage" is far from inevitable. It is opposed by a majority of Americans, and the percentage in favor has declined. Analysis. Original polling data. Have they hit the high-water mark? Even the Governor of Nevada -- home of the quickie Elvis marriage -- has vetoed a domestic partner bill.

2. Maggie Gallagher's National Organization for Marriage has started their ad campaign in NY. Of course, the Times can't resist themselves, calling NOM a "Christian group" (which it isn't), apparently believing that is a slur. The other side has their own YouTube video up about the "24 Days to Marriage in NY", but I won't supply the link because I decline to propagate such propaganda. Sadly, instead of fighting, some Catholics seem to want to throw in the towel -- Prof. Doug Kmiec is in favor of eliminating marriage in civil law and replacing it with neutral civil unions, an idea Robert George calls a terrible idea.

3. Meanwhile, the Proposition 8 battle has moved to the federal courts. This is troublesome, since the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is notoriously "progressive" (remember they were the ones to discover a right to assisted suicide years ago). Gee, do you think that elections -- and thus judicial appointments -- don't matter?

4. Pro-abortion groups claim to be uncertain about the positions of the Supreme Court nominee. Yeah, I'm sure they're real nervous about this one. As for the nominee's lack of respect for the rule of law, see here and here. Take the blindfold off of Lady Justice and forget about the equal scales.

5. Oklahoma has banned sex-selection abortions.

6. The next battle begins to loom. The USCCB has issued a statement on universal health insurance (which the bishops have supported since 1919, by the way), warning that any plan should not include abortion coverage. Press release. Official statement by Bishop Murphy of Rockville Centre.

7. Wesley Smith on the dangers of a pro-suicide culture.

8. Now that Scientific American has admitted it, are we permitted to point out that embryonic stem cell research isn't the panacea that the advocates have hyped? Oh, wait a minute, we've been pointing it out all along.

9. The forces of tolerance file harassing frivolous lawsuits against the Church to try to force us out of the public square in the Maine same-sex "marriage" fight. Can't wait for them to get all magnanimous and "live-and-let-live" after they win.

10. The next time somebody tries to argue that waterboarding isn't torture, point them to this. The next time somebody tries to argue that we should do it anyway, point them to this: Romans 3:8.