Going back to 2015 isn\u2019t enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cultural revolution is on pause. Gender ideology, in particular, is in retreat<\/a>. The fight isn\u2019t over, but the momentum has shifted, especially when it comes to children. But to finish the fight, we must understand how things came to this\u2014how did our society accept the sexual mutilation of children on the superstitious grounds that a boy can be born in a girl\u2019s body or vice versa? <\/p>\n\n\n\n This question draws out the divisions between opponents of gender ideology. A movement that has lesbian feminists alongside conservative Christians was always going to be fractious, but the divisions escalate as we argue over how to win, and what winning means. Liberal elements of the coalition are especially upset by conservatives\u2019 continued opposition<\/a> to same-sex marriage, rather than just trying to roll things back to around 2015\u2014yes to same-sex marriage, yes to the Sexual Revolution, but no to transitioning kids and no to letting men into women\u2019s spaces, sports, and so on. In other words, LGB without the T. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But the LGB led to the T. After winning on same-sex marriage, the gay-rights movement immediately pivoted to transgenderism. Same-sex marriage enabled gender ideology\u2019s sudden onset, for if male and female don\u2019t matter in marriage, then they don\u2019t matter anywhere. Conversely, if men and women are real, then this matters for sexuality and family beyond mere personal sexual preferences. We cannot get male and female right while pretending that sex (in every sense) doesn\u2019t matter in marriage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why warnings about the slippery slope have been more prophecy than fallacy\u2014for another example, note that liberals are now fighting for polygamy, with the New York Times<\/em> reporting<\/a> that, \u201cFrom big cities like Seattle and Portland, Ore., to small ones like Astoria, Ore., proponents of \u2018nontraditional\u2019 romantic relationships are making headway in getting legal recognition.\u201d Remember when conservative Christians were called alarmist bigots for predicting this? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> What Binds Marriage Forever? https:\/\/t.co\/E9t7nygCQC<\/a><\/p>— Public Discourse (@PublicDiscourse) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>