I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of my life, really, since I was a child, but at 16 years of age, I fully surrendered my life over to Christ. At that point, as a teenager, I began to grasp the concept of Christ's true love and forgiveness.

The very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more.

I'm an affectionate person I'm a person who hugs, hugs people and I shake hands.

I was the perfect candidate. America had their chance with the perfect candidate.

I think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every time this issue has gone on the ballot, the people have voted to retain the traditional definition of marriage as recently as California in 2008.

That's part of the problem, the overkill. And when they make it complicated, they make it expensive and so then you can no longer stay in business.

It's tough to find a place not to like in Switzerland.