I think a lot of people who were on the fence about same sex marriage, or who were worried about the effects of legalized SSM on the greater society, have been convinced by the evidence accumulated thus far that there's no real reason to oppose it. The places that have legalized SSM in the U.S. seem to be doing OK and the net effect on heterosexual marriage has been approximately zero. This counters all the propaganda from the anti-SSM camp about all the awful things that would happen in our society if SSM were legalized.
Approval of SSM also inversely correlates fairly strongly with age. Old people tend to die.
Oh, I know it makes sense, but lots of things that make sense still seem to upset a lot of people, especially the religious. I can hardly believe that in this day and age, for example, that we're still fighting about a woman's right to choose.
I guess I'm just pleasantly surprised about marriage equality. \
As far as your last point, yeah. The GOP is pretty much toast now on the presidential level, and unless they change, soon they'll be a tiny regional party even in the congress. Their base of old, white bigots is dying off.
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Date: 2013-12-19 09:30 pm (UTC)It's shocking how quickly the tide has changed toward equality. I'd never have guessed 10 years ago we'd be this far along already.
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Date: 2013-12-20 12:21 am (UTC)Approval of SSM also inversely correlates fairly strongly with age. Old people tend to die.
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Date: 2013-12-21 08:36 am (UTC)I guess I'm just pleasantly surprised about marriage equality. \
As far as your last point, yeah. The GOP is pretty much toast now on the presidential level, and unless they change, soon they'll be a tiny regional party even in the congress. Their base of old, white bigots is dying off.
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