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[–]Tikiri 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I was thinking more in a general sense: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1004629612/a-record-number-of-americans-including-republicans-support-same-sex-marriage

Now, that’s still a much smaller percentage of R support for gay marriage (55%) than D support (83%), but it’s also a 10% increase since 2015, which I think is quite significant. And it is a majority, which seems realistic to me.

And of course, my opinions are very influenced by my own experiences: the conservative people I know who support same-sex marriage are all middle aged and younger. I don’t really know that many older people, and the older (70+) folks who support it are Dem/left-leaning. Also, I live in California which may be a whole different thing altogether!😂

[–]reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! Well, I'm glad if other people are more accepting than I thought they were!

Also, I live in California which may be a whole different thing altogether!😂

I live in a pretty liberal area too, although come to think of it, I think it may actually be more of a rural/urban divide-- all of the homophobic people I'm thinking of grew up in a rural area. Hmm. May have to give that some more thought.