Gay marriage is about reality, not revolution

THE Constitutional Convention’s recommendation in favour of a referendum on same-sex marriage is, while not unexpected, apparently revolutionary.

A long view of history shows that revolution was already well under way. Gay marriage is essentially a reaction to what society has become, and not a programme of revolution for how our culture should change.

Most ostensibly great events have a long lead-in. The closure of the monasteries has a major claim today on the history of the Reformation.