"The rapid collapse of opposition to gay marriage we are witnessing did not just happen, and it was not inevitable. But it is.

"The question now on the table is: will orthodox Christianity (and other traditional faiths), be stigmatized and marginalized as the equivalent of racism in the American public square? Will Biblical morality be wiped out as an acceptable public position in America?

"Or will we regroup, rebuild as a subculture, and survive to become the possibility of a new foundation in the future?

"Hiding or pretending is not going to help us, now. We have to face the truth."

-- Maggie Gallagher -- one of America's most high-profile proponents of marriage discrimination -- admitting defeat in a new blog post. Gallagher called for the anti-equality movement to "[accept] where we are" and work to preserve homophobia as an acceptable prejudice in civil society.