Recognizing that one’s personal views cannot be supported logically and that they stand at odds with a modern understanding of Constitutional equality is something I guess. However holding onto those view anyway, being willing to vote in support of them long after one has abandoned any and all attempts at rhetorical defense strikes me as placing identity ahead of integrity. In effect it’s saying that there’s a purposelessness to introspection, when in fact introspection and the empathy it engenders are themselves the root causes of positive societal evolution.