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From the Boy Scouts to the British Parliament: Left behind? Conservative Christians and the gay revolution

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History of the Boy Scouts of America (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) What a difference a decade makes. Just consider the fact that, just 10 years ago,  a vast majority of Americans opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage.  Now we are told that a  slim majority of Americans is ready to make same-sex marriage legal . Homosexuality is now at the center of American life, and the full normalization of homosexual relationships seems just around the corner. The pace of moral change has been breathtaking. Go back  less than one year, and President Obama opposed same-sex marriage , even as he said he was “ evolving ” on the issue. Now, the president is a vocal advocate for same-sex marriage, even going so far as to call for  full equality of gays and lesbians in his inaugural address, delivered last month . In the run-up to the inauguration, an evangelical preacher had to withdraw from delivering a prayer at the ceremony  when controversy broke out over a sermon on homosexuality he