Many years of effort have been expended in the battle to save marriage and the family. Our opponents wisely chose to pursue their goal of gay marriage in piecemeal fashion. After decades of pursuing more modest goals, they decided in the final hour to reveal the Holy Grail of their movement, gay marriage.

Today, the outcome of the vote on homosexual marriage is in doubt. It is natural that some on our side are discouraged and worried about the future. The other side does possess astonishing advantages. The gay marriage movement is highly-organized and uses the newest methods of technology. They are well-funded and have outspent the pro-marriage side more than two to one. Moreover, on Election Day they will send more people to the polls.

Our blunders have added to their advantages. The leaders of the pro-family movement shied away from quoting the Bible in public for fear of being perceived as 'haters' by their neighbors. For this reason, the public failed to see the profound evil which lurks behind the homosexual rights movement. We should not be surprised if many of us are called to pay a price for our lack of fidelity to our deepest principles.

One advantage possessed by our side is that homosexual marriage has never been approved by the voters of any state. Another factor in the election is the growing distrust of government. Most of the ballot questions are intended to reverse poor decisions made in Augusta. We may call this backlash the "Tea Party Factor," and it may lead to an unexpected result in the election.

There is yet another factor which has been overlooked, one which should give us great encouragement, because it ensures the final defeat of homosexual marriage in the very near future. The argument for same sex marriage is based on an illusion, and all illusions inevitably fail.  

It is necessary for the same sex marriage side to create the illusion of wide public support. This is done by calling on celebrities, hired experts, and top government officials to supply the support which is lacking among the people. Thus, in the last week of the campaign, the Attorney General and the Governor spoke in favor of homosexual marriage. 

Opposed to this illusion, are the faithful witness of God's Word and the natural wisdom of the people regarding marriage and the family. Together these are an invincible combination.

Also opposed to this illusion is the growing awareness among the public that liberalism is a failed experiment. The same forces which support homosexual marriage have given us a society plagued by social disorder.  To the long list of social disruptions --  the breakdown of the family, rampant crime, and the highest incarceration rate in the world -- the liberal establishment now asks us to add the absurdity of homosexual marriage. Homosexual marriage will only further destabilize a gravely wounded society.

Further, the opponents of same sex marriage do not view homosexual 'marriage' as merely an ill-advised social policy, they view it as a mistake which threatens the further existence of society; and for this reason, they will make heroic efforts to see it defeated. 

All this points to the certain defeat of gay marriage, if not now, then in the near future. If we win today, we must not be too elated. If we lose, we will not be cast down. With either outcome, we must steel ourselves for a protracted battle. It is a battle we will inevitably win, because truth is on our side, and time as well.