[Vigilanteman]

So did abortion. But that doesn't mean we have to roll over for and accommodate it.

[RIghtwardHo]

Exactly. Sadly, I agree with him 100%, it will be the law of the land including Full Faith & Credit. But ... doesn’t mean we roll over.

[Ohioan]

Hatch's fundamental mistake--apart from the fact that he appears to have lost any fight that he might have once had;--is in imagining that social history moves in only one direction. This fantasy is easy to pick up in a City as dominated by Leftists as Washington; but it is a fantasy, none the less.

Take some easily grasped examples of what actually follows periods of excessive license. The Victorian era crackdown on the flaunting of sexual pursuits, followed a quite licentious period. The period in ancient Greece, in which homosexuality was completely accepted, was itself a fairly isolated phenomenon. While Grecian influence on European civilization remained immense in general; such was certainly not evident in attitudes on sexual deviancy.

No Conservative should ever accept the idea that we have to accept the legislated "reforms" that the Left succeeds for a time in promulgating over us. This acceptance can only demoralize our own supporters, while emboldening those who war on our heritage.

Never, never concede the permanence of folly.

William Flax