US Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage

[kandrathe]

The current polling data, which I believe kandrathe linked, even shows that the opinion on this is significantly different between age groups. As salty old people die off the subsequent generations just won't care.

That's correct, but it's not the most important factor. Demographic change is a smaller part of the increasing acceptance of same-sex marriage than people changing their views.

-Jester

I was listening to an interesting radio program this morning, relating to this shift. Also, how there is a disconnect between majority public opinion, and the ability to facilitate democratic change to to numerous factors related to how our system is designed. For example, even without considerations of gerrymandering, liberals are more concentrated in cities. Whereas, at state levels and above, representatives are chosen by subdividing geography. This results in a system where due to geography alone, more rural (red state, district) views are over represented in the democratic process.