Support for Same-Sex Marriage, by Age Cohort

Ed Brayton claims

A generation from now, we'll look back in bewilderment that anyone could possibly care whether a gay couple wants to get married or not,

I'd say he's right. Here's a graph I produced recently from data from the 2004 American National Election Study.

Source: University of Michigan, Center for Political Studies (2004)

Some people like to claim that young people just support it because they don't know any better yet. But that wouldn't explain why my cohort--low 40s--is more accepting than my mom's cohort (late 70s). It's pretty clear, a multi-generational shift is occuring. I predict same-sex marriage is here to stay in Massachusetts, and will exist in several more states before I retire.

Calling Sally Kern and Chuck Norris--Do You Defend Killing Homosexuals?

Oklahoma legislator Sally Kern said "the homosexual agenda is destroying this nation," and "the biggest threat our national has, even more so than terrorism."

B-movie actor Chuck Norris said, "I was appalled when I read the American Family Association report that on Friday, April 25, several thousand schools across the nation will be observing a "Day of Silence," or DOS, which is a nationwide push to promote the homosexual lifestyle in public schools...I do believe that we should equally and adamantly oppose such aberrant sexual behavior from being condoned or commemorated in our public schools through textbooks or a so-called "Day of Silence."

And this past week in Oxnard, California, 15 year old Lawrence King was shot twice in the head because he was gay.

Sally, Chuck, will you stand up and denounce the murder of this young man? Or are you secretly applauding the killing of a faggot?

Here's a photo of Lawrence King. May God give his parents peace.