Jonah, of course you’re right that the momentum right now is all on the side of gay marriage. And your comments on Santorum confirm my claim that, if not exactly a Swedish system where bureaucrats monitor and punish speech, our ability even to debate this issue is already severely limited. Nonetheless, you might be surprised by what happens after Massachusetts. Certainly, national gay marriage imposed on all the states is a very real possibility–probably the most likely outcome. But a serious dogfight is by no means impossible. We are not yet Sweden, and the public still does not favor gay marriage. And Ramesh’s points about Santorum are dead on. After Massachusetts, I’m going to be making the case against gay marriage at a level of detail, and with new information, that I believe will help take this debate to a new level. I can see lots of ways in which what I’ve been finding out in my research could change the shape of our national debate. So while I agree that your current assessment has a lot going for it, I’d also ask you to withhold final judgement until we’ve had time to see how the Massachusetts decision plays out.