gay marriage seems to be a Judeo-Christian phenomenon

[Enrique]

The neoconservatives place a lot of emphasis on the "Judeo-Christian" ideals our country was founded on.

Check out this list (Wikipedia, so caveats apply) of countries with varying degrees of recognition of gay marriage. With the exception of Taiwan and Nepal, this seems to be a Western, aka Judeo-Christian, thing.

Think about this: what countries are not on this list? what countries are unlikely EVER to be on this list? Does the U.S. want to be that type of country?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage

Same-sex marriage
Belgium
Canada
Netherlands
Norway
South Africa
Spain
Sweden

Recognized in some regions
United States (CT, IA, ME1, MA, VT2)

Formerly performed
United States (CA)3

Recognized, not performed
Aruba (Dutch only)
Israel
Netherlands Antilles (Dutch only)
United States (NY)

Civil unions and
registered partnerships
Andorra
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greenland
Hungary4
Iceland
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Slovenia
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Uruguay

Recognized in some regions
Argentina (C, RN, VCP)
Australia (ACT, TAS, VIC)
Mexico (COA, DF)
United States (CA, CO5, DC, HI, MD, NH, NJ, OR, WA)


Recognized, not performed
Isle of Man

Unregistered co-habitation
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Colombia
Croatia
Israel
Portugal

Same-sex marriage debated
Australia (TAS)
European Union
Estonia
France
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Mexico (DF)
Nepal
New Zealand
Philippines
Portugal
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Taiwan
United States (CA, CO, DC, MD, MN, NH, NJ, NY, RI)

Civil unions and
registered partnerships debated
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
Costa Rica
Cuba
Ecuador
European Union
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Italy
Ireland
Jersey
Liechtenstein
Slovakia
Venezuela
Mexico (CL, GR, JA, MI, PB, VE)
United States (AZ, FL, GU, HI, IL, NM, NV, SC, UT, WI)

[rpannier]

1. I was going to mention Japan and South Korea are not on the list

but you already referenced that in your OP

South Korea will never recognize anything close to even civil unions in my lifetime.

Hopefully, they will eventually begin to move in that direction.