Signs G.O.P. Is Rethinking Stance on Marriage

New York Times
April 28, 2009
The fact that a run of states have legalized gay couples' marriages in recent months -- either by court decision or by legislative action -- with little backlash is only one indication of how public attitudes about this subject appear to be changing. More significant is evidence in polls of a widening divide on the issue by age, suggesting to many Republicans that the potency of trying to use real people as wedge issues is on the decline. It simply does not appear to have the resonance with younger voters that it does with older ones. [Link]