The Iowa Ruling

Ben Smith, at Politico:

It’s really a sweeping, total win for the gay-rights side, rejecting any claim that objections to same-sex marriage can be seen as “rational,” rejecting a parallel civil union remedy, and pronouncing same-sex marriages and gay and lesbian couples essentially normal.

Ben, I hope you’re sitting down. They are.

The Inerrancy of Love

Andrew Sullivan has some thoughts on an ongoing conversation between Rod Dreher and Damon Linker on gay marriage. Dreher, who writes a column for BeliefNet called “Crunchy Con,” is strongly opposed to gay marriage; Damon Linker (a contributing writer at The New Republic supports it.