Is America moving to the Left or Right?

[Alcon]

In the long-run, left. Temporarily, right.

[Alcon]

In the long run, it all moves to the left.

Running on a pro-slavery message wouldn't work today, just as running on an anti-gay message won't work in 2060.

Democrats had a pro-slavery message.  Lincoln was a Republican.

It's not really possible to compare the Democrats of then to today. They were actually the conservative party.

Progressivism tends to be eventual, no matter what party supports it.

[Alcon]

Only about 50% of those in their 20s support gay marriage, which hardly makes it inevitable, and the number is actually lower among those in the teens, which refutes the suggestion that there is a consistent and inexorable trend leftward. 

Teenagers are in high school, a wonderful institution where the typical reaction to homosexuals is to beat them. 

Always nice to see that generalizations are alive and well.

[Alcon]

Only about 50% of those in their 20s support gay marriage, which hardly makes it inevitable, and the number is actually lower among those in the teens, which refutes the suggestion that there is a consistent and inexorable trend leftward. 

Teenagers are in high school, a wonderful institution where the typical reaction to homosexuals is to beat them. 

Always nice to see that generalizations are alive and well.

Well, I went to high school in the 1980's and that was my impression - I doubt it has gotten any better.

Generalizing your high school to the entire of America isn't really unfair. Perhaps you live in a less tolerant area. It's obviously hard, although I do not know anyone gay at my high school, but I rarely hear of hate crimes.