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In an interview with Bret Baier from Fox News, potential GOP presidential nominee Rand Paul came out in support of traditional marriage, before admitting that using the term marriage for same sex couples offends him.
According to the Washington Blade, the Kentucky senator who describes himself as a libertarian conservative has strong feelings when it comes to how marriage is defined.
I think marriage is between a man and a woman. Ultimately, we could have fixed this a long time ago if we just allowed contracts between adults. We didnt have to call it marriage, which offends myself and a lot of people, he told Baier.
Paul went on to describe the bond between two adults as more of a business than a loving relationship, saying, I think having competing contracts that would give them equivalency before the law would have solved a lot of these problems, and it may be where were still headed. Previously Paul said he didnt think the government needs to be too involved in the same sex marriage debate, and shrugged off whether he might some day rethink his position.
Watch the video below uploaded to YouTube by Chris Johnson:
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/rand-paul-comes-out-as-being-offended-by-gay-marriage/
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)FSogol
(45,485 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)FSogol
(45,485 posts)Wella
(1,827 posts)As soon as the primaries are over, everyone will be on the other side of the issue. It's completely and utterly predictable.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I won't hold my breath.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)that "Animal Husbandry" sends him into a rage.
Dwayne Hicks
(637 posts)This just disqualifies him as a candidate.
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)fucking homophobic asshole.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Must be hard to have an intimate relationship when your own head is in the way.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)exclusive. Look at how vile he sounds. Then look at Obama '08 to Saddleback Church-
I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian
it is also a sacred union. Gods in the mix.
And to MTV, no less:
"I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage."
Swift changes.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)...or, more appropriately, my fingers.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)bluedigger
(17,086 posts)"Fuck Rand Paul."
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)They could could have spared the rest of us his dumb ass shit.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)I concur!
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Is this where Marxism meets libertarianism in the belief that every relationship in the capitalist state can be reduced to a cash nexus?
This is the crude materialism with which I will not put.
Spazito
(50,339 posts)shocker....NOT.
Trekologer
(997 posts)What does that get me? Absolutely nothing.
UTUSN
(70,695 posts)Cha
(297,240 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)"separate but equal".