Conservatives for same-sex marriage. New York Times columnist William Safire isn't exactly in love with the idea. But this morning he sounds like he's ready to put the culture wars to rest and accept the inevitability of same-sex marriage.

The clincher: "I used to fret about same-sex marriage. Maybe competition from responsible gays would revive opposite-sex marriage."

If you haven't read it yet -- and you must -- here is the Phoenix's Susan Ryan-Vollmar this week on "The Case for Same-Sex Marriage." It's a no-brainer -- but, tragically, many people have no brain.