You sound like someone who's never seen anything outside of coastal New England, backwardness exists all over. See how the folks in rural Maine feel about gay

You sound like someone who's never seen anything outside of coastal New England, backwardness exists all over. See how the folks in rural Maine feel about gay marriage - I'll point out that 47% of voters in 2012 were opposed which on the surface sure doesn't seem too different to me than the 46% of Ohioans apposed as of last polling in 2014. I'd bet I'd find remarkably similar polling in Ohio, Maine, Vermont or New Hampshire about gun rights too. When it comes down to it, the conservatives have lost the war they might not realize it yet, but history is on the side of those for equality and equitable treatment. As for the culture comments? You're just a snob, but that very nearly goes without saying.