Gay marriage is a conservative idea that was gradually and in many cases grudgingly accepted by people on the political left.

This is from the Wikipedia biography of Pope Benedict, in the section titled Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: 1981-2005:

"Ratzinger's 2001 letter De delictis gravioribus clarified the confidentiality of internal church investigations, as defined in the 1962 document Crimen Sollicitationis, into accusations made against priests of certain crimes, including sexual abuse. This became a target of controversy during the sex abuse scandal.[22] While bishops...

Your assertion may be true. The conservative/liberal divide is quite clumsy as a means of analyzing viewpoints. I generally consider myself a conservative and it is easy to list a few conservative principles that prompt my strong opposition to the amendment.

First, cluttering up the Minnesota Constitution with a Republican/Catholic Bishops talking point is not conservative. Second, not trusting individuals and couples to manage their own most personal and critical life decisions is...

You make a good point, one that would still be a good one with an accurate description of Ann Romney's health history relative to her child-raising history. From Wikipedia:

"Ann was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998 and has credited a mixture of mainstream and alternative treatments with giving her a lifestyle mostly without limitations...
In 2008, she was also diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a non-invasive type of breast cancer. She underwent a...