re: #405 WindUpBird

It’ll be something to watch! I don’t think it’ll be in 5 years.

Five years from now will be like muslim-hate now. It’ll be AFTER gay marriage passes that the true anti-gay rage of social conservatives will be manifest. It’s going to flare up and get worse before it gets better.

I guess we’ll see. Here’s why I’m more optimistic than you: a) public opinion has been changing really quickly on this, and b) this poll show 2 very important pieces of information if you’re a politician:

- independents are now favoring gay marriage 57% to 43%
- under 50 year olds are favoring gay marriage 58% to 42%

Young people and independents are the stuff the wet dreams of politicians are made of, regardless of political color. So this issue, unlike anti-Muslim or anti-immigration sentiment, is rapidly becoming toxic for the GOP on a national level.

Now, I’m fairly sure that there will be bastions of anti-gay sentiment that will take forever to disappear. But I’m willing to bet a lot money that the Mich McConnels and John Boehners of this world will be dancing to a very different tune in five years.