Yep, that makes sense. I'm the same way, really - after all, I'm a big proponent of same-sex marriage and I'm not sure I ever want to get married myself one day, but I think people should have the choice to agree or disagree with the institution regardless of what I think of marriage - but unfortunately it's extremely rare that people who are on the other extreme of Dan's spectrum are anything but preachy about what they believe.

It's something that's always bothered me in the field I know most, LGBT rights, how we're supposed to respect the opposite camp's position when they want to deny us our right to a happy existence and we just want to exist alongside them. Their perspective requires that we don't exist, that we don't speak up - ours doesn't require that of them.

But if there was some kind of conservative equivalent to Dan, I'd be very curious to read it... just to see what it looks like because I'll admit I have trouble picturing what it would look like. :)