maloney's musings

I’m glad to see Oregon relatively high on the list, but we’re still on the wrong side of the line.  This chart brings hope that there will a slow, but inexorable, march towards progress.  :)

(Although, I’m not sure Alabama will ever blaze the trail towards equality…)

feminally:

And this is EXACTLY why I have no freak out, really about Maine. Because even though it is injust and wrong and must chage with all due haste, the bigots are dying. And once they do, this will be over.

jennifercwang:

thedailywhat:

Chart of the Day: “Explicit Support for Same-Sex Marriage by State and Age” (pdf) by Jeff Lax and Justin Phillips of the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. Created using data collected for a joint paper on gay rights.

Prof. Lax breaks it down:

Seven states cross the 50% mark overall as of our current estimates, but the generation gap is huge. If policy were set by state-by-state majorities of those 65 or older, none would allow same-sex marriage. If policy were set by those under 30, only 12 states would not allow-same-sex marriage.

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