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But young people are more likely to support same-sex marriage.
Perhaps I worded it too strongly, though I don't think so, but I didn't mean to imply people never hold on to opinions established in their early life. I agree that on this issue (more than any other) generational churn is the biggest factor, but even here it is merely the largest one (I think).
"not a single state shows support for gay marriage greater than 35% amongst those 64 and older" - what were the opinions among this cohort years ago? When they were younger, did even half as many support gay marriage?
Also we do not know for sure that it is their age itself that creates more inflexibility of opinion. Many people in this age group are retired and consequently do not have as many social interactions outside of their in-groups.
I'm not sure what is meant by "inflexibility of opinion," but for many possible concepts that would apply much more to the young than the old, and perhaps to the middle aged least of all.