christie wouldn't answer the Q as well, as I recall it was something to the effect of "none of your business" ... which could work, it implies the role of government at its leaders pertains more to the natural world and that the insertion of government into moral and philosophical spaces is done by consensus AND in the case of compelling need and not as a matter of religious doctrine.
So, e.g., society has a a compelling interest in intervening against the sexploitation of children. It is well measured and understood to cause durable harm. We can rationally consider the development of human children, look at the consequences of commercializing them, particularly in this manner, and observe clearly that society has a compelling interest to intervene.
In contrast, sodomy laws that sought to intervene between consenting ... even married consenting adults (or hoping to be allowed to marry), within their own house, has finally been judged to fail the test of society demonstrating a compelling need to interfere with something largely considered to be moral in nature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas
The struggle is always between society determining a compelling need, and individuals being afforded the various forms of privacy and due process that we collectively observe.
A significant slice of the neocon right sees no difference in any of these matters and lacks any sense of subtly in interpreting the role of government, society, and the assignment of a moral code. The age of the earth, the rape of a child, gay marriage, premeditated murder .... many simply don't even try to discriminate between issues on terms of the role of government, of compelling interest, of due process, and the nature of an ostensibly free society.
On these matters Christie and Jeb are considerably more reasonable than those that steered the nominating and platform discussion in 2012. It seems perhaps 2014 will give some insight, does the nature of the discussion shift at all?
Given the number of blue-lock states, and barring some sort of major catastrophe, and recognizing the continued demographic trend, 2016 may well be a tough year for Red. Things have to go so well for them it makes it tough.
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