One thing is for sure - if you are wearing a niqab, you will never, ever find a job. You will never, ever make friends, German friends or neighbors friends. So this is obviously something that is making integration impossible.

Every time I see niqabs, I feel very uncomfortable because it's the opposite of my idea of opened society.

State governor is certainly nothing to be sneered at! But I don't think that there are still limits here. A gay man could presumably also become chancellor.

I've never made a secret of my homosexuality.

I don't support gay marriage despite being a conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a conservative.

Let's not ask whether the parents are gay or heterosexual. The important thing is who the best parents are in each individual case.

As conservatives, we can only be glad if two people legally take responsibility for each other, in good times and bad.