“Moderate.” ? But you MEAN liberal. The Rockefeller Republicans were always in favor of abortion, and gay marriage is no big deal. Until Reagan came along, the party did not go firmly pro-life.
Despite his favor of gaydom though, Obama has never ordered the IRS to recognize these arrangements for taxable purposes. He could have done that on taking office, and the American people for the most part would have been strongly in favor of such “fairness.”
And how many abortions did Reagan stop?