Agreed. What's really atrocious is that the only people who vote against same-sex marriage are the people who wouldn't be affected by it. Neocons may talk endlessly about "protecting marriage/the family/our children", but even they are smart enough to realize that gay equality would not effect any of those things in any way. They simply hate homosexuals and will do what ever they can to **** them over in any way possible. They freely admit this within their own circles, but once the nonpartisan cameras are rolling they resort to their old nonsensical euphemisms and, dare I say, political correctness.

I wouldn't worry about it too much, however. Remember, fifty years ago being a social conservative in America meant being pro-segregation; fifty years before that it was denying women's sufferage, and fifty years before that it meant you were pro-slavery. Why fifty years? Well, for the simple reason that five decades is about the time it takes for the new generation of voters to eclipse (read: outlive) the previous one. As alwyas, new enlightenment will spread faster and farther than baseless, antiquated bigotry, and conservative voters will not be able to recruit enough young successors in their lifetime. I'm not saying homophobia will ever disappear completely, just that it'll be marginalized to the neo-nazi fringe where it belongs.

Some things just take time. However, if equal rights are attributable through other means, then society has the right to determine it's acculturation.

Bro, this is one of the many reasons I would never want to live in America. Except maybe Massachusetts. And I agree with you. America sees itself as some kind of becaon of freedom - becaon of freedom for the right people, that is. And by right, I mean heterosexual, preferably white, preferably Christian people and the only reason this doesn't include women is cause someone's gotta breed the next generation of white, Christian heterosexuals.