Because I am in this generation and was raised in a pro-gay-marriage era, I am only a little bit against gay marriage, but only a little, like 53 percent to 47. I have about a dozen gay friends, 30 or 20, and they would all back me up. In college, I used to have lunch with them… . We went ice skating once.

Young conservative explains how his views differ from the orthodox ones of the traditional conservative by using the “But I know gay people” defense.

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