Drawing the line between supporters of gay rights and those opposed to gay rights is not as easy as one might think.  

It's not simply a matter of Democrat versus Republican. Many Democrats, for example, working class black Baptists, are uncomfortable with the pro-gay stance of the party's vanguard.  And many Republicans actually don't have a problem with civil unions or gay marriage. (A conservative friend of mine believes that cohabiting gay couples should be forced to get married.)

The fact is that marriage is a crazy sort of thing, regardless of whether you're talking about heterosexual or homosexual relationships.  One of the first gay couples ot get married in Canada decided their relationship was not going to work after a mere three months as wife and wife, and found out to their horror that while Canadian law allowed them to marry, it did not, at that time, allow them to divorce.  They were forced to remain bound in wedlock until the Canadian legislative process slowly ground its way to a resolution.  So when it comes to enshrining rights through legislation or even a constitutional amendment, it's important to take things slowly and carefully, because you know, you might just get what you asked for.

While it appears from more than one point of view that the War in Iraq and the War on Terror are situations from which we may never be able to extricate ourselves, from the mountains of Pakistan comes a very simple solution: convert to Islam.

Before we reject this out of hand, lets seriously consider it for a moment:  Osama Bin Laden promised the wars would be over if Americans convert to Islam.  

This may sound like a lot to ask from the most religious country in the industrialized world.  But of all the Christians in America today who profess to be religious, how many of us are seriously devout?