Many of the more “progressive” among us here in America see Europe as an example of where the United States needs to be in terms of its social policies. And given that social trends in Europe so often seem to presage things here, for better or worse, let’s have a look at some of the more recent “progressive” developments on the European social front. In January of this year the European Union passed a resolution banning “homophobia”. Entitled “Homophobia in Europe”, the resolution condemns homophobia as an “irrational fear and aversion of homosexuality and of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...