Bill, they are "paleoconservatives," I believe. Chronicles is run by the Rockford Institute. Some years ago, the founder and editor of First Things, Richard Neuhaus, was thrown out of the Rockford Institute's office in New York for complaining that Chronicles had a racist and anti-semitic tone. Near as I can tell, the paleocoservatives oppose not just gay marriage but gay people in general (like Bachman's husband, who said gays are "barbarians"). They are also against feminism and think that the idea that women often define themselves professionally outside the home is a bad thing and shows profound disrespect for the wisdom of generation after genereation that came before us. Read their Wiki articles. Or just go to the Chronicles web site and read what they say about themselves. They do not pussyfoot around these views.
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