Politics at Secretaries' Day Lunch?

My boss took a couple of co-workers and I to lunch at the Prairie Schooner, a local steak house, today for a belated Secretaries' day treat. After ordering drinks and appetizers my well intentioned boss began breaking the ice with, "So, who is everybody standing behind for President?" There was an audible pause. Let's just say my super-conservative LDS boss is not exactly the most open minded, he tries, but often times, just can't see how anyone with an opinion other than his can be anything but an idiot.
I'm working on him, and he's slowly opening his eyes. He can now accept that being a good person is not predicated upon being a Christian, but only because he got to know me first and then found out about my non-Christian status. He doesn't understand it, but he's grown to accept it. My eventual goal is to have him see that he can have his political leanings and I can have mine and we can still co-exist with neither one of us having to be an idiot. Don't get me wrong, my boss is a great guy. He's very considerate and treats me well, but he can be a bit stubborn.
Anyway, back to the audible pause. Poor guy, no one at the table answered him. Well, better put, no one at the table answered his question. My answer was "You don't really want to know where I stand on this one do you?" My co-worker answered "I thought you were never supposed to discuss religion or politics at a business lunch" and my other coworker answered with silence. The antagonist in me however wanted to answer that question, and then add, "I would also like to see marijuana legalized, and gay marriage allowed. Not that I'm a pot smoker, or gay. I just happen to be of the opinion that for the most part unless we're doing real harm, we should be able to do as we wish and government should mind it's own business.