[No Dems 2004]

You have a valid point in that support for gay marriage seems to be slowly rising. While this is tragic, I must remind you that the most vote-critical parts of the country are more likely to be anti-gay than other parts. The South and the Midwest for instance are much more likely to condemn homosexuality than the Northeast. I'm a little bit leery of the Gallup poll, too, unless I see a consistent trend to follow in the polls they produce. I'd like to see other polls before I conclude that support for gay marriage is this high.

Others here have mentioned the Quinnipiac University poll which found that the South and Midwest were still considerably conservative on gay issues. Both the South and the Midwest were essentially evenly split on whether to legalize homosexual behavior between consenting adults. and the overwhelming majority of Americans in these places regarded homosexual behavior as morally wrong. However, in the Northeast, Americans were evenly divided on the morality of homosexual behavior.

It's clear that the regional problem will come into play in politics.

[VRWC_minion]

My prediction about gay marriage coming soon is not based on voting patterns. It is based on court rulings and the potential small state phenomena.

Courts will rule that its discrimination and states that have liberal representatives will eventually force something thru. Either way its coming and once it happens in one state the others will be forced to follow out of practicallity.