Resistance to Gay Marriage Shrinking, and Confined to Old White People

[Sol]

Unfortunately, quite a lot of voters who claim to support civil unions seem unwilling to actually vote for them.

A lot of people who support Civil Unions are vehemently opposed to gay marriage, and only support civil unions weakly.

It should also be noted that a lot of people don't know what civil unions are, so they often vote against them.

[Sol]

Right, but why did mainstream racism disappear so much slower than mainstream homophobia is? I guess you could say racism is more engrained in American culture (plus I think racism/xenophobia is at least at some level a natural human response), but Christian morality is also very deeply engrained.

Yes, but Christianity is far from universally anti-gay.

[Sol]

LGBT people are also not necessarily visible, which allows for personal connections to be formed and for minds to be changed.