Where the election analysis never stops

A friend writes:

The religious right were mobilized by their fear of gay marriage, and they voted in droves. Why do red states so fear gay marriage? Because it's a new idea. Blue states -- more urban and more coastal -- tend to be more diverse, and hence more comfortable with diversity and more exposed to new ideas. Plus, blue states tend to be more secular (though I never miss church and I sure voted for Kerry).

Good common-sense former midwesterner, he. Now a gay university prof in his 60s living in SF. He also wrote, "I have a barber who gives slimming, youthful haircuts!"