&gt;Not on the topic of SS marriage<p>But we shouldn&#x27;t dismiss this.  On the topics of racism, same sex marriage, sexism... really any injustice of the past out there, the old tend to want to hold on what was in the past regardless if it was good or bad.<p>To think that the old have a better grasp on things ignores all the times they do not.<p>&gt;There is a very big reason that the slogans around &quot;Wisdom comes with age&quot; and &quot;Young know it alls&quot; have existed for so long. They&#x27;ve been observably accurate.<p>It works 100% of the time when it works.  The old have wisdom only if you consider the cases they were wise.  If you look at issues like racism or homophobia, the young are the wise ones.  Society advanced one funeral at a time because the we lose their &#x27;wisdom&#x27;.<p>If the young want change just for the sake of change, then the old want stability just for the sake of stability.