Believe or not, Arnold is probably one of the most influential people when it comes to gay rights/marriage/equality and the average person/voter. Thousands of activists and politicians can spend thousands of hours trying to educate the average dumbsumer/person/voter with speeches, TV ads, articles, essays, flyers, movies, web sites, etc, etc on gay rights/marriage/equality. But they usually fall on deaf ears especially with straight males, the most primitive of the species, who usually dismiss those things.

However, Arnold is someone the average straight male dumbsumer knows, respects and actually listens to. He is Arnold. He is the Terminator, he is the ultimate masculine muscle-freak who gets all the ladies. If Arnold supports gay marriage, they will listen and even vote accordingly.

People are not going to like this statement, but Arnold sitting on Jay Leno's couch saying "I have no problem with gay marriage" probably did more good in the ears of the average straight male dumbsumer than the thousands of politicians and activists.