As we blogged last week, President Obama's support of marriage equality for all genders and sexual orientations was a watershed moment, even if it has no immediate legal impact (and even though he has little more than the bully pulpit on this issue). Now comes the intense speculation on how much this will help him or hurt him.

We all know that capturing the "Latino vote" - a huge, demographically diverse group, but still considered a group - is important to winning elections. You can be sure that the major political parties and their consultants know this too.

The power and influence of Black churches in the Black community is well known. And that influence is growing, according to recent studies.

It's not a surprise that Americans who claim to be strongly religious (or religious conservatives) oppose same-sex marriage. It's probably not surprising, either, that agnostics and athiests tend to support same-sex marriage. What may be surprising is the huge gulf in viewpoints, and the shift among all religions toward acceptance.