Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Gay marriage acceptance is only a question of time

This chart is amazing. A couple of statisticians, Jeffrey Lax and Justin Phillips plotted support for allowing same-gender marriage by age and state.

Their finding: if policy were set by people under 30, only 12 states would forbid gay marriage TODAY.

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Soon enough, these folks will set policy. The interim is about trying to live through the backlash before the inevitable happens.

Note too, that Maine, facing an anti-gay marriage referendum in November, sits right on the cusp of acceptance by "all" according to this study. If you can, help out Equality Maine.

H/t The Lead.
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1 comment:

  1. DarleneWednesday, August 26, 2009 2:36:00 PM

    Arizona isn't as far down on the chart as I expected. It was a bunch of fundamentalists Mormons who sunk gay marriage in California. Maybe there is hope for my state yet.

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