Let me share a conversation I had with an English woman in Chicago this week. She moved to America bemoaning the loss of old England’s traditions, swearing that she could never go back to the place.

Two minutes into chatting about this she somehow wound the conversation around to gay marriage and wanted to know how on earth I could be against having my government redefine marriage so to strip it of any connection with men and women making families.

I leaned forward a bit, gave her a good look in the eye, and said “Hmmm….”