I do give him credit for acknowledging that I had clearly won the argument. A lesser Republican (is that redundant?) would never have done that.
And we actually went on to continue to discuss movies for the rest of the evening - he calls himself a movie buff - and I wowed him with my ability to name that movie in two notes. At one point he goes, "What's that one with Sean Connery and Mark Harmon?..." I go, "The Presidio." Another time he goes, "What's that one guy's name who was in "The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmo's Fire"?..." I go, "Judd Nelson." He goes, "Jesus. You're Good." At that point, Suzanne was back at the table and said, "I told ya she'd kick your ass when it comes to movies." I'm hoping the fact that he was impressed with my knowledge (and accordingly, not put off by my lack of a life in the real world) makes him continue to think about his misconceptions about Brokeback, gay men in general, or, at the very least, makes him think twice before he postulates that lame argument again.