Prop 8 is to get a ruling today

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by naraht

Rhode Island and New York don't have gay marriage mostly because of specific situations in their legislatures, with people who oppose gay marriage holding either significant leadership positions in the Democratic caucus (for RI) or balance of Power (NY Senate).

Iowa does have gay marriage because the State Supreme Court ruled that it had to and unlike California, getting something like that overturned at the ballot box is incredibly difficult. A state constitutional amendment would be needed which *either* means it has to pass the state legislatures (both houses individually) in two consecutive sessions and then pass at the ballot box *or* through a state constitutional convention (which gets voted on every ten years, but could lead to things completely unrelated to gay marriage that no one can predict)

Yes but the far more important part to me is that the anti-gay marriage people are dying off

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Yes but the far more important part to me is that the anti-gay marriage people are dying off

The deep South isn't, though...

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by pshsx1

The deep South isn't, though...

Yeah well, one step at a time.

Also the AFA is wanting Judge Walker impeached. Because he's gay and dared to rule on this issue. Source

[naraht]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Yes but the far more important part to me is that the anti-gay marriage people are dying off

I read somewhere that there is a majority of those under 40 in favor of Gay Marriage in 20 of the 50 states and a majority of those under 40 in favor of some form of Civil Union in 45 of the 50 states...

Yes, I've seen something fairly similar for Abortion and the percentages by age don't really go in one direction or another. From what I understand, other than the women who were in child bearing years when RvW was decided who tend toward supporting it more than other age groups, there isn't a significant amount of difference by age or gender. I think you still don't have a majority on either end of the spectrum if you take just those born since RvW.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by naraht

I read somewhere that there is a majority of those under 40 in favor of Gay Marriage in 20 of the 50 states and a majority of those under 40 in favor of some form of Civil Union in 45 of the 50 states...

Yes, I've seen something fairly similar for Abortion and the percentages by age don't really go in one direction or another. From what I understand, other than the women who were in child bearing years when RvW was decided who tend toward supporting it more than other age groups, there isn't a significant amount of difference by age or gender. I think you still don't have a majority on either end of the spectrum if you take just those born since RvW.

If you look at the image I posted, it supports that.

And the thing about abortion rights is that once it's legal it's harder to get "support" for rights unless they're threatened, meanwhile it's really easy to wage war against it. That's purely on political grounds.