I am going to assume this is a compliment and say thank you. I think that a lot of times conservatives are mistakenly associated with the far right-winged, when many have views are slightly more moderate.   Especially with the growth in publicity of the Tea Party movement, conservatives such as myself have been labeled as nutcases, when in reality this is extremely incorrect.

This is a fairly complicated issue.  I believe that people are homosexual, and I have no problem with it. I have no idea whether people choose to be homosexual, or whether they are born that way, but either way it is a perfectly acceptable life choice.  When it comes to the issue of gay marriage, the issue gets even more complicated.  I think that homosexuals should have the right to form relationships, have civil unions, and enjoy all of the benefits (taxes, etc.) that heterosexual couples have.  However, I do not think that it should be defined as marriage.  I don’t know what the appropriate term should be, but I think that the act of marriage is traditionally defined as being between a man and a woman.