I grew up in Berkeley, so I saw a lot of folks who were extremely orthodox. It was an orthodoxy of leftism - and they stuck to it! I see them as personally conservative: they stuck with the church they were raised in. This makes me skeptical when I see folks writing about 'liberals' and 'conservatives' based on political stance, party affiliation. There are folks in both camps who are looking at evidence and willing to be led by what they see, and folks who have the answer and don't need to be confused by any contrary facts, thankyouverymuch.

A Finn strikes back! Against Sweden, at least... 
http://fourthcheckraise.blogspot.com/2008/07/learning-swedish-is-essential.html

My wife and I have a lesbian buddy who went off to the Fairfax Cryo-Bank to get sperm when she wanted kids. She decided she wanted 'smart' and 'tall', and picked a donor who was 6 foot eight and had advanced degrees. She now has two perfectly nice, smart TALL kids. The NYT had an article about sperm banks and said, among other things, that they're not even bothering to take donors who are less than five foot nine, because nobody wants that sperm. At the donor egg places, there is a lot more demand for the eggs of women who have degrees, high test scores, etc. So, there is your revealed preference...