Prop 8 and the Geezer Vote
By Pedro de la Torre - Nov 7th, 2008 at 1:10 pmThere have been quite a few comments about the ongoing discussion over the role of the black and Latino vote in California’s passage of Proposition 8, which again makes same sex marriage illegal in there.
Arturo Garcia at Racialicious has a different take on the outcome: the old people did it:
Also, in looking at those CNN exit polls, you can see that the percentage of voters who were for Prop. 8 drops off by age. While 61 percent of all seniors voted for it, 64 percent of all voters 18-24 - the demographic advertisers crave the most - voted against it. And less than 48 hours after the vote, this group is pissed off and organizing. Facebook groups. Boycotts targeting pro-Prop 8 businesses. Protest marches. Ironically, the young people Prop. 8 purported to “protect” may well steer the path toward its’ ultimate demise.
This explanation at least reminds us that, despite some pretty bad setbacks in the “culture wars” in the past few years, the long-term trajectory of LGBT equality is headed in the right direction.
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