Enemies of the Future

It looks like the Republican Congress is seriously considering a constitutional ammendment to ban gay marriage forever.
I’m in favor of gay marriage for all the usual reasons.
I understand that when societies redefine “normal” there will be initial conservative opposition, and there will be reactionary opponents to the bitter (for them) end.
I don’t expect Republicans to like it. But this ammendment business is indefensible.
Conservatives are going to lose this fight, and they know it. Opposition to gay marriage, which was recently overwhelming, is cratering. If gay marriage isn’t stopped soon it will never be stopped. And so they want to freeze the debate right now while they still have a slim majority on their side.
That’s cheating. It’s like calling off a baseball game in the fourth inning, when your team happens to be ahead, and going home and calling it a victory.
Huh uh. Doesn’t work that way, folks.
If the American majority later decides gay marriage is okay, it needs to be enacted into law. If it takes ten years, it takes ten years.
And if the majority of Americans want gay marriage in the year 2013, by what possible logic should it be prohibited because people thought it was a bad idea back in 2003?
Societies change. Norms shift. Cultures evolve. You can slow the process down, but you can’t stop it.
A constitutional ammendment to ban gay marriage is a declaration of war against the future.