I’ve heard two arguments that some Conservatives get behind that could result in this (not saying I agree, just pointing them out.) One is Cheney’s Federalist approach, leaving it to the States and to the people (re 10th Amendment) to define their contract standards for this issue. The second is the privacy approach, removing the ‘sex’ field from the marriage license (ie, it isn’t Big Brother’s business what sex or sexual orientation anyone is).
None of these would be acceptable to the left because it isn’t really about making this particular contract more accessible but about forcing acceptance of the lifestyle.
A fiscal conservative, yes. A social conservative, probably not.
I guess when you kid is gay, you still want then to be happy and to live a full life.
I can see his point.