[Stone Mountain]

Many members of the Bucknell conservatives club, for instance, endorse same-sex unions. Corey Langer recently wrote a Counterweight article supporting gay marriages. This is a far cry from D'Souza's day, when gay males were termed ''sodomites'' in The Dartmouth Review. In part, the Bucknellians' openness to gays and lesbians can be attributed to the strong streak of libertarianism that runs through the club -- a conviction that the government should stay out of any and all aspects of life, including the bedroom. But you can't hang out long with the Bucknell Conservatives and not form the opinion that their tolerance on issues like homosexuality goes beyond libertarianism.

So will they be accepted by mainstream social conservative Republicans? Or will they be viewed like the Log Cabin gang?

[rwfromkansas]

While I disagree with them and am somewhat disturbed by this, I welcome them anyway.

I just hope the majority aren't just going to be a bunch of damn libertarians.

[general_re]

So will they be accepted by mainstream social conservative Republicans?

As someone else suggested above, their views on social issues will probably tend to become a bit more conservative as they age, although I think that this libertarian streak will always be more pronounced than in their elders. As for whether they'll be "accepted", it really doesn't matter - you're looking at the face of mainstream conservatism in 20 years. These kids are the future, whether previous generations of conservatives like it or not.