“Gay rights and pro-life: Two divergent movements”

Michael Gerson writing in The Washington Post: “Just 20 years ago, opposition to abortion and opposition to homosexual rights seemed to overlap entirely. They appeared to be expressions of the same traditionalist moral framework, destined to succeed or fail together as twin pillars of the culture war. But in the years since, the fortunes of these two social stands have dramatically diverged. A May 2009 Gallup poll found that more Americans, for the first time, describe themselves as ‘pro-life’ than ‘pro-choice.’ A February CNN-Time poll found that half of Americans, for the first time, believe that homosexuality is ‘not a moral issue.’ This divergence says something about successful social movements in America.”