Yeah, this just shows he has actual strong beliefs rather than basing his views on personal emotions.
This doesn't necessarily have to have anything to do with emotions. Sometimes a lack of real exposure to something can cloud your perspective. What is puzzling about this congressman is that he understands that his son did not choose to be gay and yet would continue to condone discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation - which he openly admits is done out of an adherence to tradition, rather than an understanding of facts. The facts are, same-sex relationships do not destroy the family unit and, as such, if we are to treat his own son's potential family in a different way, that is to designate a branding of inferiority upon it. If the nature of 'strong beliefs' is that they are unable to adapt to the presentation of new information, how is that at all admirable?
Even a rudimentary understanding of bigotry makes it clear that prejudice maintained in the light of overwhelming evidence to the contrary is one of the most blatant examples of 'strong belief' - but that is not, in and of itself, inherently a good thing.
