It is fascinating to listen to or watch the Republican Establishment and much of the punditry on the right wonder, with amazement, why the nation's attitude has dramatically shifted regarding acceptance of the concept of gay marriage.  It is as if a bolt of lightning suddenly burst out of the blue and struck the people causing all to become mesmerized with the efficacy of same-sex marriage. Memo to all these navel-gazers: over the past five years, while you were rubbing elbows with your compatriots and fellow denizens of Washington, D.C. and New York, waxing eloquent about the Neanderthal nature of the Tea Party movement and the need for that wonderful, albeit nebulous, concept of bipartisanship and inclusion, the left was diligently espousing gay marriage as a "civil right" and something that demanded "fairness and equality."  That it conveniently fit in with their overarching ambition to eliminate religion and tradition from the public square never occurred to you. ...(Read Full Post)