In yesterday’s post about the increasingly likely prospect that the Canadian government’s bill to nationalize gay marriage may be defeated in parliament, I noted that gay marriage is still favored by a majority of Canadians. I was wrong. According to the latest Ipsos Reid poll Canadians are now evenly split on the issue of same-sex marriage. Support for gay marriage has slipped by five percentage points. The situation is fluid. Clearly, however, there are no grounds for defeatism. If gay marriage is questionable even in Canada, it is far from inevitable in the United States, where opposition is far stronger. Those who believe that this reform will undermine, rather than strengthen, the institution of marriage ought to press their case with confidence that the battle can be won.