From the manly Central Coast of California to the rock-bound, virile shores of Maine, the populace has spoken: Americans believe that heterosexual marriage between a man and a woman is the only kind that should exist.

Are you thinking of applying for a government job?

“The cradle rocksabove an abyss.”— Vladimir Nabokov

They say that when you leave the country, you get a different view of things in your own neck of the woods and learn how others look at you.

I know this is going to trigger an elephantlike stampede of righteously indignant Cal Poly folks, looking to snatch me up in their trunks and slam me against the nearest oak tree.