Question

A sociologist supports marriage equality, and he decides to conduct a research project on marriage laws in each state. His support of marriage equality could also be called his __________.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Values

Values refers to the things that people held as 'important'. Values could be in a form of objects/possession or principles. For us, value would shape the way we think and behave, along with our expectation toward other people (we tend to consider someone to be closer if they have similar values as we do)