Since I live and blog mostly from a church called "The Agape House," I had to blog on this story from Agape Press:

The co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ says the legalization of same-sex marriage could bring God's judgment on the United States. Vonette Bright says the Bible condemns homosexual behavior and teaches that "nations have been destroyed before us as a result of their moral decadence."

The federal judge who rejected the latest legal challenge to same-sex marriage in Massachusetts offered the following, appropriately sarcastic rebuke to this and similarly overheated claims:

The judge said the plaintiffs made it sound as if homosexual marriage would "be the end of the world." He added, "It hasn't been."

Not only is the world not about to end, on this issue Bright, Bush and other conservatives are now in the moral minority. Kerry's position in support of full-legal equality for same-sex couples is now the majority opinion of the country:

Newsweek Poll, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. May 13-14, 2004. 1,010 Adults, MoE 3

"There has been much talk recently about whether gays and lesbians should have the legal right to marry someone of the same sex. Which of the following comes closest to your position on this issue? Do you support FULL marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples; do you support gay civil unions or partnerships, BUT NOT gay marriage; or, do you oppose ANY legal recognition for gay and lesbian couples?"

       Marriage       Civil Unions       No Legal Rec.        Don't Know
ALL         28               23            43                6
18-29       41               23            34                2
30-49       34               20            40                6
50-64       23               27            46                4
65+          8               26            57                9

Among those under 30, support for equal marriage rights borders on a super-majority. Among those under 65, opposition to equal rights is only 40%.

I wonder sometimes if we would have come this far on the issue if candidates such as Dean did not sign the civil unions bill, or if candidates such as Kerry did not vote against the Defense of Marriage Act (which even Wellstone voted for). Early on in the primary season, I remember many commentators (even a few Democratic ones) claiming both candidates were "unelectable" because their support for gay rights would make them unappealing to the mushy-middle. Well, on the eve of legal gay marriage in Massachusetts, now the mushy-middle agrees with Dean and Kerry.

Tomorrow is a good day to be an American.

Update 8:34 p.m.: World still not over.

Update: 11:16 p.m.: World is still hanging in there--for another 44 minutes anyway.

Update 12:26 a.m.: Ahhhhh!!!!! Its the rapture! The pain! The pain! If only I had repented at my last update!