Reply #49: I agree with you on that point.

[Jennicut]

On something like gay marriage, the younger you are the less religious you are likely to be. People under 30 are the most likely to be the least prejudiced though as a Gen Xer I would say we are slightly better then the baby boomers on that.

I would never tell anyone who is gay to just "suck it up" and vote for Obama. Clearly, he is shaped by his generation, by his religious influences on gay rights. He is also pandering to not lose the "middle". And I think he is gutless on this issue. Overall, he is considered a moderate, a centrist, etc. because that is where people on the political spectrum feel about gay rights fall. That is what is pretty sad.

One more thing that blows my mind: In 1991, adults opposed to interracial marriage became a minority in polling for the first time. 1991! I think we can wait around for polling to catch up to gay rights or just act. Otherwise, it will be 40 years before the country will accept something like gay marriage. At least it is legal in CT, and no one freaked out.