IT’S FIFTY-FIFTY

Another poll on same-sex marriage finds yet more evidence of rapidly growing acceptance. In the fifteen years I’ve been arguing for this reform, I’ve never seen numbers like these. When you look at the younger age-groups, especially those in their twenties, the debate has been strikingly won: 67 percent support the reform. What I particularly liked about this poll was that it asked the important question: will this change hurt or help the broader society? A tiny majority said it would help. What chance does a Constitutional Amendment have that cannot even get a simple majority in most polls? Close to none, I’d say.