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A Utah polygamist has invoked the Supreme Court's justification of homosexuality in his self-defense.

Well, some of us saw this on the horizon, didn't we?

So what is the Court going to say about this one? Seems to me that polygamy counts as part of that "sacred mystery of life" or whatever Justice Kennedy wrote.

When a prominent same-sex marriage activist came to campus a few weeks ago, I asked him about his views on polygamy. He had two answers: a) that's not what I'm fighting for and b) conservatives ask that question as a feint because they actually have no arguments against homosexuality. Actually, we ask that question because we want to know what same-sex marriage is supposed to look like and to understand where, with all the talk about the sanctity of the private sphere, society can draw a line in the sand. I've never heard an advocate of same-sex marriage give me a straight answer.

I don't know what to believe. I'm sure that most same-sex marriage advocates never thought something like polygamy could be justified by the principles they so vigorously fight for. Others, the ones filled with an all-consuming hate for Christian civilization and its values, probably had this and other results on their minds.

Let the culture war continue.