perfidy

This whole gay marriage thing reminds me of the original women's suffrage debate all the way back in the 1850's. (Yes, the 1850's. Now, ask yourself why the 14th and 15th Amendments, passed after the Civil War, specify "male[s]" as citizens and voters.)

In particular, a great quote comes to mind. Judge Hurlbut of Massachusetts wrote to Susan B. Anthony in the early '50s on the question of why women couldn't be allowed to vote: "[y]ou have the argument, but custom and prejudice are against you, and they are stronger than truth and logic."