The turning point for me was when the Supreme Court installed Bush in 2000, even though he got half a million votes less nationally than Gore. It was nothing more than a bloodless coup and that's when I really started paying attention.
Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.
Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and health care.