Dan Savage and Carrie Prejean

The left may win on this issue, but the permanence of their victory will depend upon whether the current world structure holds in place. For example, if we ever run out of oil, and if no viable alternative energy source is discovered before then, we're looking at a return to the Iron or maybe even the Bronze Age. How well do you think "alternative lifestyles" are going to do in a world where communities must be wholly interdependent, and we can't just close our doors and turn a blind eye to the bad behaviors we see in others if we want to survive? Technology and mass media are the carriers of social liberalism -- if these fade into the background, so will the social liberal ideas and behaviors they spread. The clock might be ticking....