We opponents of same-sex marriage are fighting a rear-guard battle. Recently Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington passed referendums in support of legal unions for gay couples. If the latest polls are to be believed, a substantial majority of Americans in the not too distant future will judge same-sex marriage to be morally equivalent to heterosexual marriage. What accounts for the radical shift in public opinion from a traditionalist understanding of marriage to a progressive one?
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