Why did the overton window on same-sex marriage shift so quickly during Obama’s first term? (user search)
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« on: August 31, 2020, 01:20:16 PM »

Because people became aware that many of their friends, family members and coworkers were gay and that they were perfectly nice, ordinary people and being married wasn't going to cause the universe to collapse on itself.

Compare that to the much slower acceptance of interracial marriage: most white people still did not (and do not) socially mix with black people so there was a lot more residual distrust.
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