Is Gay Marriage Unstoppable? The Indiana Test Case

Alan: Gay marriage will become the law of the land because there is no other reading of "equal treatment before the law." In theory, the Constitution could be amended. In practice, this is not going to happen.

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Indiana finds it's not so easy to buck the gay-marriage trend. "Indiana, where lawmakers in the coming weeks are expected to call for the second vote needed to put a ban before voters in the fall elections, is now in a far more tense, unpredictable and closely watched spot than anyone here had imagined -- a test case in whether a state will impose new limits on same-sex marriage in this fast-moving political and legal environment." Monica Davey in The New York Times.