[Levin]

Will occur in the next election cycle if Romney is the nominee. The Church's stance and activities on gay marriage will be front and center as the country continues to go left on this issue, it will be bruising, the gay activists are getting louder, more organized, more on message (see the very moving Maine ads), and it will just be too politically bloody to fight this fight any more. Too negative, too devisive, and no longer a wedge issue.

See even this year in Virginia where the Republican candidate for governor has been shying away from his past statements of social conservatism -- not shying away from, but not emphasizing as in year's past. The satiated no-stepping-on-toes-good-neighbors-keep-your-voice-down middle class voters are getting tired of it -- IN VIRGINIA.

This pony ain't gonna ride no more.

This is not an issue like taxes, national defense, and size of government that can be trotted out repeatedly. Instead, this issue is like one of those family conflicts that you just don't talk about anymore b/c it does no good for anybody. Plus, the family no longer agrees with you anyway.