UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is in hot water right now since leaked early drafts of a speech supporting gay marriage were found to refer to opponents as "bigots." The exact words, we are told, were: "continued trouble in the economy gives the bigots a stick to beat us with, as they demand we 'postpone' the equalities agenda in order to deal with 'the things people really care about'."

Such as former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, who described the remarks as "very offensive."...