While I would give serious consideration for someone like Warner as a candidate for a host of reasons, from his having executive branch experience, working out a budget, succeeding in a red state, etc. the bottom line is that if a candidate cannot clearly stand up on the side of equal rights and the 14th amendment, then that candidate needs to step back and do a little more soul searching and book work.
Why our parties "leadership" and potential candidates for the most part can't learn to both run at an issue instead of from it, and simply stand up on the correct side for civil rights is baffling to me. I mean...
"I am for equal rights for all consenting non-related adult couples to have access to legal civil marriage, and will fight to the death to prevent the Gov. from forcing any church to perform, condone or even recognize any marriage it doesn't wish to."
...how hard is that?