To be fair, even as a straight hetro male, I was rooting for Kaworu and Sinji more than Sinji with Rei or Aisame.
End of the episode was heart breaking. I feel like Kaworu really saw Sinji for who he was, even now I cannot get over it in the back of my mind.
Was it not the American people who voted democraticly to put Ronald Reagan into that position. American people have to own up to their own decisions, having a constitutional democracy makes citizens responsible for the government they elect, good or bad. Just like then, just like now, American people are responsible for the government they elected. Democracy unfortunately requires active citizenry