The question wasn't directed at me, but I'll offer some D insight.
I'm LGBT, so I'm pretty much a democrat for life. I always joke with friends, that I long for the day when gay men and women can come out as republicans, but I don't see gay elected republicans becoming a common occurrence for at least a few more election cycles. Conservatism is a completely viable political ideology, and just because someone's gay doesn't mean that they aren't fiscally conservative. In this current iteration of the GOP though, I do think it's difficult for an LGBT person's fiscal conservatism to trump their interest in self-preservation and equality, but hey, that's just me. Personally, I think that I'll always be loyal to the party that offered me political support and recognition first.
I'm secular (atheist?); I support the decriminalization of marijuana (to a statutory offense for people under 21 and with other limits on things like quantity); I support more stringent (common sense) gun control legislation; I support a single payer healthcare system (Despite the recent news, VA quality of care has been consistently ranked higher than 3rd party hospitals - See: Comparison of Quality of Care for Patients in the Veterans Health Administration and Patients in a National Sample
); I support increased spending on infrastructure, education, research (hey y'all), veterans health/support, and less spending on defense. I believe that science should be the biggest influence in policy decisions, and I support legislation to regulate campaign finance. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro voting rights act, I'm pro ACA - Depending on your perspective, ACA can be viewed as a very conservative piece of legislation. I'm an internationalist, rather than an interventionist like McCain, or an isolationist like Paul.
^^ These are my current beliefs and priorities, and I feel like the Democratic party will do a better job of advocating for these positions than the Republican party will. I love a good debate, and I would love to have moderate democrats and republicans replace the current, hyper-partisan elected officials that we have now, so we can at least start to break through some of this gridlock. 400 million people live in the USA; I know I'm not always going to get 100% of what I want, but I would at least like to hear our elected officials engage in debate over the issues.