I think Willie Nelson is most fully aware of exactly what he's doing. He's an advocate for the homosexual agenda as this Free Republic thread shows. Sodomy, pedophila and murdering children are all core values of leftists.
Many folks who are hard-core leftists come from humble, small-town beginnings.
Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Jimmy Buffet, Kris Kristoferson all come to mind.
And these are the big ones. Many other examples out there.