The sexualization of children is supported by state governments, many of which mandate sex education as early as kindergarten. School nurses dispense contraceptives and abortion advice without parental knowledge or approval. Teen magazines such as Cosmo Girl and Seventeen promote sexual activity for minor children.

But we can't change the channel, because this isn't just a television invention. This is our culture. This free-for-all, libertine, conscienceless maypole dance is what we've created from once-strong roots of Puritan rectitude. A nation once lampooned for its innocence now wallows in smut of every kind.

Being a strong constitutionalist, I never thought I'd say this...I believe it is now time to support an amendment to the Constitution that defines and recognizes marriage as the institution of one man and one woman. I'm not a fan of constitutional amendments. I believe our Constitution is a solid document, not a living and breathing flex of emotional and cultural thought. But in this battle with the left's rogue judiciary artillery, this culture cannot lose the institution to a lifestyle that is nothing more than envious of marriage, not essential in the meaning thereof.

Iraq is the battleground for civilization. That is why our enemies are throwing everything they can at you. If you help create the first free and tolerant Arab country in the heart of Islam, they are doomed. If we fail in Iraq, we are doomed. Our enemies know this. We need to know this.

If you're going to be a crusader for the sanctity of marriage -- if you really believe gay marriage will have some vast corrosive, viral impact on marriage as a whole -- here's a brief list of other laws and policies far more dangerous to the institution. Go after these first, then pass your constitutional amendment.

One problem here is that the Bible repeatedly describes homosexuality as an abomination. So is the Bible a house divided, telling us what is wrong and then insisting that what is wrong should be consecrated? Ruth’s covenant with Naomi meant that she was leaving behind the Moabite religion, which included abominable practices, and embracing the God of Israel, including His commandments. The Times would be better off sticking to liberal pro-gay arguments and not twisting Scripture.

Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide. He or she is ripping the veil from all that is private and delicate in oneself, and pulverizing it in an assembly line of selfish sensations.

But marriage is the opposite. Marriage joins two people in a sacred bond. It demands that they make an exclusive commitment to each other and thereby takes two discrete individuals and turns them into kin.

The conservative course is not to banish gay people from making such commitments. It is to expect that they make such commitments. We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could claim to love each other and not want to sanctify their love with marriage and fidelity.