Actually, I prefer my own choice. I prefer a candidate with enough skill, appeal and knowledge, like RR, that he can win without the Christian or Black votes, so he can say, “Look, I owe you nothing. You opposed me, so screw it. Next time be more practical.”
PS: The “Marriage Protection Amendment” isn’t even marginally important. Gays will do what they want, married or not. As a Conservative, my general feeling is that my opinion stops at the front door.
Seduce kids? Shoot ‘em.
Gay rape? Rape is rape.
Wear a dress? Why not look stupid like so many “fashionable” women so?
Demand special “rights” Hell no.
Get married? Why not? Why shouldn’t they be miserable like the rest of us.
BTW, “Gay Marriage” was not an issue launched by gays. It was quietly pushed by the “Matrimonial Bar” when they began to lose too much income to no-fault divorce.
When you follow the money, you follow the crime.
RWR was the president who brought the social conservatives to prominence. He wanted to amend the constitution to allow school prayer. He wanted to end abortion. He had no opinion on gay marriage because even 20 years ago it was a ridiculous notion. The notion that the social conservatives did not vote for Reagan is patently false.