Is he firm on life and on marriage?
On marriage yes he is as strong as any Conservative GOPer in the House; but on life he is prochoice until the first couple of weeks of pregnancy after which his prolife.
Basically he's a little squishy on life but otherwise he's strong.
He's firm on marriage -- supports Marriage Amendment I believe.
On abortion, he's different. He supports protecting unborn children in law -- but he believes life only starts with heartbeat/brainwave (roughly 8 weeks). So he's pro-life from 8 weeks on. I'm not real happy about that, but as far as I can tell it's an honestly held position, unlike all that "I believe it's wrong but should be legal" nonsense. And it would serve to highlight to the public two facts: A) that babies have heartbeat/brainwave very early on and B) it's legal to kill those babies right through 9 months.
Is he firm on life and on marriage?<<<
I hope he is, but if our borders are not secure, life and marriage will be moot points!
I've never been a single-issue voter, but I plan to be one in 2008.