Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over.

The governor's bill is not a gay rights bill.

I'm not a gay rights activist.

Gay rights are human rights.

At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black.

It may be that John and others didn't see this case as a gay-rights case.