My politics are actually a little left-wing, and I'm a realist when it comes to day-to-day life and the people to whom I minister and counsel. In matters of discipline I am pro-choice, support same-sex civil unions, domestic partner benefits, commonlaw marriages, optional clerical celibacy, and the ability to work with and talk to a diverse group of people: definitely a product of the Gen-X American experience am I. But on matters of doctrine I still consider myself to be solidly Traditional Roman Catholic, and will defend the doctrinal teachings of the Church as they were passed down from Jesus Christ and the Apostles, and written down by the Fathers and understood by the Twenty Ecumenical Councils from Nicaea to Vatican I without deviation or reservation, if for no other reason than because personal experience has shown them to be the truth.