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CREEPING PROUDLY OVER THE LINE

Nate Silver:

Gay Marriage Opponents Now In Minority

Well, 51% for and 47% opposed. Evidently, four percent haven't thought it through yet or are considering a proposal.

This is surprising to me.

I knew that, finally, gay people are not viewed as pariahs in most quarters. That does not, incidentally, stop homophobic acts. In fact the last gaspers tend to get violent in their isolation, so there is usually an increase in hate activity when this kind of shift occurs.

I suppose that we can expect the Westboro Baptist Church people to start picketing gay weddings.

I will take this for what it is. Progress. Good. Thanks.

Now, have you ever seen a gay wedding? I bet if we could show a few on the teevee the numbers would shift even more. You guessed it. Just like the straight ones. All the way from simple to silly but almost all marked by the love of the couple for each other and the warmth of the many guests, friends and family, who came to celebrate the union.

Labels: gay history, gay marriage, gay rights