Well, I understand what you’re saying, and I’m not going to oppose Thompson because of this single issue.
But if our country becomes any more socially liberal, it’ll become pretty well impossible to keep us from turning into a total Swedish-style socialist nanny state with astronomical taxes and massive gun grabs.
Congress's approval rating is, what, 15%? Our country is not becoming more socially liberal, our legislators are, even on the conservative side, left of center. Not left of right wing, but left of center. Things will only be solved at the ballot box by raising useful representatives who also believe in the clarity of the constitution, who believe that the federal government doesn't hold all the solutions, and to get /them/ into office, we need to convince a lot of those who have gotten onto school boards to start running for state legislative offices instead of whining that the party won't support them.