Polls immediately preceding the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage showed that 60% of Americans thought same sex couples should have the same rights as opposite sex couples. That number is close to 70% today. Contrast this with 1–1.5% in 1988.18 It took some 40 years from the movement gaining momentum in the early 1970s until it achieved the desired outcome. Measured in terms of a person’s life this is a long time—it’s basically half a lifetime—but it is relatively short as moral and political sea changes come. The key to the movement’s success was a continued focus on the moral Right to equal treatment. This is what eventually created the groundswell of support leading up to the Supreme Court ruling.
The same approach is needed to create the groundswell that will turn moral views solidly for capitalism and against statism. Once we reach the tipping point, we’ll see a ketchup-bottle effect with transformative changes taking place in a short period of time.
Think Right or Wrong, Not Left or Right 