The Wordpress theme that I am using on my website, which is under development, mangles GravityForms. I want to make it clear that GravityForms is NOT at fault. The way I found that works for me to avoid the Wordpress theme issue is to create a Wordpress template that does NOT use my theme. To see it in action go to http://gennaro.us/kingstonmines/employment-application
In summary, I have the power of GravityForms at my disposal without having to deal with a theme that distorts the form layout. Hopefully my comments will help others who are experiencing similar issues.