One important distinction. What any citizen supports or opposes on the issues of either abortion or gay marriage are immaerial to their existence. Neither provision is a matter of legilsation. Electoral politics has no effect on either and to say it does is a fraud. The Supreme Court will never give abortion legilsaion or marriage prohibition back to the states. To do so would essentially bring back Plessy v. Ferguson and its tyranny of the white mob, although in this case it would be the Catholic mob. Not even Catholics have to support that. Indeed, to do so would violate the Magistarium of Vatican II. Dignitatis Humanae.” This declaration was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on December 7, 1965.” The only way out is to have Congress redefine personhood under the 14th Amendment, as I have been saying. Of course, doing so would end the issue and the pro-life movement fraud that one must vote pro-life (Republcan) or be a pro-abort.