The future of gay marriage in California. – By Kenji Yoshino – Slate Magazine.

Finally, the effects of Prop 8 on the national movement for same-sex marriage are significant but not devastating. Before Tuesday, court opinions legalizing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, California, and Connecticut suggested that the right was gaining traction. The passage today of constitutional bans on same-sex marriage not just in California but also in Arizona and Florida provides a counterpoint.

Nonetheless, generational and global trends both ultimately favor full marriage equality in this country. The situation here is similar to the two-steps-forward, one-step-back trajectory that led to the legalization of interracial marriage. To be sure, Prop 8 represents a large step back. But the nation’s march toward marriage equality won’t stop.

I agree with the last paragraph. The march of the history of western civilization is the march of recognizing more and more entities as human beings and broadening the rights granted to them. It’s a messy process, but I think that it’s inevitable.

In this sense, the social conservatives are right. It is a slippery slope. I just think that the slope is in the right direction.

Fight on.