The Washington Post is reporting that opposition to marriage equality is loosing its mojo. The article notes that, while support for equality is growing, there is evidence that the opposition is not only shrinking, but loosing its enthusiasm. Thus, they'll probably still vote against us in the voting booth, but they don't really care that much if, say a Governor signs a marriage equality bill. Case in point, New York where polls indicate white Catholics are evenly divided at 48% on marriage equality, while those same Catholics support Gov. Cuomo by a margin of 3-1. 54% of white protestants in New York oppose marriage equality while 60% of those same white protestants approve of the job Cuomo is doing. Cuomo's support among equality opponents hasn't suffered. There are apparently many people who oppose equality nominally but don't really care that Cuomo just signed equality into law. The WaPo article also cited an interesting poll of Republican insider operatives. 54% of them believe the GOP should avoid the issue of marriage equality entirely. In 2009, that number was only 37%. Fully 84% of Democratic insiders believe the party should endorse marriage equality.
All of this indicates that there is a significant and growing upside for politicians who support marriage equality and a significant and growing downside for those who don't.
All of this indicates that there is a significant and growing upside for politicians who support marriage equality and a significant and growing downside for those who don't.
