There are times Planet Earth seems so vast and the problems of the world seem so much…err…vaster that this little nickel and dime dog and pony show I write for Dom's View seems so inconsequential in the scheme of things.

Just when I am feeling the most insignificant, something comes along that allows me to poke fun at a church and I realize that being The Grand Poobah for Life of The Populist Guard gives me a much greater platform than your average Dominant.

And, that's when I realize that, once again, the Universe is unfolding as it should.

My last column touched briefly on two issues that are still causing ripples. Therefore, as far as I am concerned it's worth returning to:
1). Gay Marriage
2). Why we can't rent any good BDSM videos even though Mel Gibson can depict a flogging in his blockbuster movie about that Christ fellow.

First up: Gay Marriage. Americans still seem to be twisting themselves into knots (no pun intended) in an effort to avoid the possibility that Adam and Steve may legally marry. While everyone from the neo-cons to The President of the United States yabber on about a constitutional amendment, there are some news organizations prepared to take a deeper look into the issue. The American Broadcasting System, more commonly known as ABC, not only asks Are Gay Rights Civil Rights? , but looks beyond America's borders and posts a rather long article on the dangers of being gay.

Those of us lucky enough to live above the 49th parallel, already know that those who are fighting battle against Gay Marriage have already lost. Here in Canada, we got Gay Marriage coming out the wazoo, to put it mildly. Now the worry has turned to whether Canada is becoming a refugee haven for Gays. Could all of this explain why Canada's live birth rate is dropping?

While America is busy trying to export its values to Iraq one American is doing his level best to export American values to Great Britain.

America has so much to teach the world about freedom and human rights. As an American I am proud of the stand the government has taken on First Amendment Rights and know the federal government will soon tell the AFA where to go.

Let's move to the topic of BDSM videos. My joke in the last issue that Mel Gibson can depict the brutal flogging of Jesus, while kinksters cannot rent a decent BDSM video tape seems to have been taken to heart by loyal reader, the Honourable Judge R.R. Low of the Provincial Court of British Columbia. In a landmark ruling, which, as of this writing, has yet to appear in the mainstream press, he says that BDSM videos do not offend the standards of the average Canadian community. While the press has, so far, ignored this major ruling, you can read the actual court decision. For once, I'm not joking.

Maybe BDSM is simply moving into the mainstream and we have nothing left to worry about. I point to an article that depicts a normal BDSM relationship, without sensationalizing: A couple in love, Top to Bottom

Want more proof we are going mainstream? The Toronto Star, not a newspaper to push limits either hard or soft, provides its readers with spanking advice, while a story about rape fantasies gone wrong can find its way onto CNN with nary a raised eyebrow.

The mainstreaming of WIITWD is all around us. A stodgy British newspaper advises their readers on fetishes and Dan Savage, a known quantity, appears in more and more newspapers all the time.

Since the lifestyle is going mainstream, soon I will have nothing left to fight. That's why I am taking up a collection for NATO troops overseas and buying stock in two British enterprises: Virgin Atlantic Airways and a meat company. I want to be ready when WIITWD is no longer dirty and I can no longer make a buck from it.