Is gay marriage inevitable in Canada? Maybe not. Reports from Canada are beginning to raise the prospect that the government’s bill to impose gay marriage on the country as a whole could fail. Ruling party members have been freed to vote their consciences, and as of now perhaps half of the ruling liberal caucus may vote no. If half of the liberal caucus holds as a no, the bill could conceivably fail–a sufficient number of additional votes from the other parties may or may not be forthcoming. There is also a move on to insert a paragraph in the bill that would change the term to “civil unions” rather than marriage. Apparently, Canadians in large numbers have been protesting the bill. The issue might even dominate the next election. Toronto MP Joe Volpe says, “People are angry that we’ve taken this to the courts. They’re saying what’s the purpose of voting for you.” It’s certainly too early to say for sure, but a no vote on nationalization of Canadian gay marriage now seems at least possible. Meanwhile, back in the USA, momentum on this issue has begun to shift. In addition to the president’s comments, a major story by Alan Cooperman in today’s Washington Post reports on the movement of public opinion away from gay marriage. But Cooperman still doesn’t get it. He reports thoroughly on religious opposition to gay marriage, but acts as though there are no secular arguments to be made on the subject.