Indeed, the change in abortion opinions is being largely driven by large shifts among men. Last August, 53 percent of men said that abortion should be legal in most or all cases. But last month, only 43 percent did.

What's going on?

"My instinct is to try not to over-read it," said Pew research center president Andrew Kohut.

As we all know, liberals are crafty in their deceit; even tampering with the English language to further their aims. If they find that their ideas are not sitting well with average Americans, they simply change the labels. Think that abortion sounds too harsh? Let's call it a women's reproductive health issue. Have real scientists proved that the Earth is cooling and not warming? Let's then use the term climate change to terrify the populace.

Flanders gets off lightly compared with other celluloid evangelicals. Evangelicals may make up a third of the US population, but this is one minority that Hollywood has no time for. Ever since Elmer Gantry, the phrase "evangelical preacher" has been a shorthand for hypocrite. Most evangelicals are portrayed as murderers, rapists and sexual perverts with a consistency that, if they were black or Jewish, would get the American Civil Liberties Union into a lather.

"Well, my friends, gay marriage will affect you and you should be concerned," said the bishop, who then pointed out the impact that the normalization of homosexuality and same-sex "marriage" would have on the free speech rights of religious authorities and individuals.

"Proponents of gay marriage say that the Church won't be forced to witness such marriages. Don't believe it," he warned.