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Marco Rubio: I’d attend a gay wedding
Fusion ^ | 4/15/15 | Brett LoGiurato

Posted on 04/16/2015 3:35:16 AM PDT by markomalley

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), the newest and youngest official Republican candidate for president, has said he believes marriage should be “traditional”—between a man and a woman.

So Fusion’s Jorge Ramos asked him: If someone in his family or on his staff were gay and getting married, would he attend the wedding?

“If it’s somebody in my life that I care for, of course I would,” Rubio told Ramos in an interview on Wednesday.

“I’m not going to hurt them simply because I disagree with a choice they’ve made or because I disagree with a decision they’ve made, or whatever it may be,” he added. “Ultimately, if someone that you care for and is part of your family has decided to move in one direction or another or feels that way because of who they love, you respect that because you love them.”

Rubio spoke with Ramos about a variety of issues, including marriage equality, immigration reform, climate change, President Barack Obama’s move to normalize relations with Cuba, and which rapper or singer he’d like to perform at his potential 2017 inauguration.

In the early throes of his campaign, Rubio has positioned himself as the candidate of “tomorrow.” He has cast himself as a young, fresh alternative to other Republicans and to likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who he referred to in his announcement speech as the candidate of “yesterday.”

But his stance on gay marriage has led to questions on whether he’s more out of touch than Clinton with young people on certain issues. According to a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, 74 percent of 18-to-34-year-olds said they were in favor of allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry. On Tuesday, CNN anchor Jake Tapper called Rubio “the candidate of yesterday” on the issue of marriage equality.

Rubio said that while he personally opposes gay marriage, he would encourage people in favor to petition their state legislatures to permit same-sex marriages. He does not think the decision should be left up to courts, he said.

“I would point out that we live in a free society,” Rubio said. “If people want to change the definition of marriage, they should petition their state legislature, and they can have that debate in the political arena. Who I don’t think should be redefining marriage is the court system.”

Rubio, who is Catholic, noted that his faith also teaches that divorce is wrong, and he drew on that as a comparison to his personal feelings on gay marriage.

“But again, as I said, I’m a member of the Catholic faith that teaches, for example, that divorce is wrong,” Rubio said. “But if someone gets divorced, I’m not going to stop loving them or having them a part of our lives.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; marcorubio; moralabsolutes; romneymarriage; rubio; teamromney
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To: markomalley

I went to a lesbian wedding.

The Priest cried.


61 posted on 04/16/2015 5:25:49 AM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: don-o
Care to engage the arguments to support the name calling?

OK - where is it a bad thing to say: "“If it’s somebody in my life that I care for, of course I would,”"

Or: "“But again, as I said, I’m a member of the Catholic faith that teaches, for example, that divorce is wrong,” Rubio said. “But if someone gets divorced, I’m not going to stop loving them or having them a part of our lives.”

The man was obviously saying that just because you disagree with someone you care for, you don't stop loving and supporting them because of it. Perhaps some can turn that truism into a bad thing, but they have to do some "holier than thou" twisting to try to make it fly.

It seems that many, who call themselves Christians, see a few key words and then lose the ability to put things into context. Where one may see a beloved family member who comes out of the closet, they will see the naked-ass, tattooed, Mohawk-sporting activist in a homosexual parade. I detest Gayhomosexual marriage, but if my son or daughter happened to be in that status, I would not shun them but love them and try to set a Christian example and espouse morality rather than condemn them. Can't be useful to someone who is "dead" to you.

As usual, will welcome your viewpoints - you are not the target of some of my comments and have never said anything to make me consider you one of those I consider to be the "holier-than-thou" folks. I understand that a big part of your point of view is from your religious beliefs and even though I disagree with some of the canons/tenets, etc., I don't think it precludes civil discussion/debate. The "name calling" was more directed at those who had to go over the edge to make their point - one went so far as to say, "So if Rubio’s close family member decided to marry his daughter or his dog, Rubio would attend so as not to hurt his family member’s feelings. Okay." - which was a deliberate stretch to add the lie to the question.

At any rate, always good to hear what you have to say - I respect the way you have dealt with such as I seem to many who don't like my point of view.

62 posted on 04/16/2015 5:26:44 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Cherokee Conservative

Isn’t it amazing that politicians are so afraid of the Gayhadists? Ask them a question on it and they fold like a cheap suit. Cruz is the first guy I have heard call them Gayhadists and when he stood up for the Religious Freedom Bill, where were Rubio and Paul?


63 posted on 04/16/2015 5:31:33 AM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: Theodore R.

Cruz called them Gayhadis. He’s the only one who stood up for the Religious Freedom Bill. Paul and Rubio hid from it.


64 posted on 04/16/2015 5:33:18 AM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: Chainmail

No-—he is a useful idiot. Anyone who promotes sodomy in any form is advocating the eradication of Natural Law (Civil Law) and a promotion of Satanic Law—or paganism, or Marxism where there are no Natural Laws (no Reason and common sense allowed).

It erases moral formation for children to have adults advocate and celebrate the evil use of the human body which denies Purpose (Natural Law/God’s Law) -—and calls Lust and masturbation “Good”.

It is flipping 3000 years of Ethics for moral relativism and dumping of Chrisitian Ethics which is the foundation of American Law. All other “ethic” systems allows for the use of humans as a Means to an End——slavery, prostitution, homosexuality, pederasty-—all the ethics of the pagans.


65 posted on 04/16/2015 5:38:02 AM PDT by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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To: markomalley

Interesting. You think they could have asked him something about ISIS training camps 8 miles from the Texas border?


66 posted on 04/16/2015 5:42:39 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: markomalley

Key: “Senate GOP plays it safe on gay rights vote”

Where was Cruz on this? Why didn’t he object? Too busy campaigning?


67 posted on 04/16/2015 5:43:02 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: markomalley

So Marc... would you attend:

The marriage between your son and his donkey?
The initiation ceremony of your cousin into the National League of Serial Killers?

Attending is condoning the action. You can still love someone without approving their self-destructive choices.


68 posted on 04/16/2015 5:43:41 AM PDT by Drawsing (Fools show their annoyance at once, the prudent man overlooks an insult. Proverbs 12:16)
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To: trebb; don-o

I think there is a bit of cultural misunderstanding going on here.

I have to assume trebb is not Catholic and don-o is.

It is a well understood tenet of the Catholic faith that attending a wedding is showing theological approval of same. Therefore, Catholics are officially forbidden to attend the wedding of another Catholic who has divorced and remarried. That means even close friends and family members.

I’m sure you can understand the friction generated by such a rule, but it is roughly equivalent to inviting an Orthodox Jew to eat pork.


69 posted on 04/16/2015 5:47:24 AM PDT by papertyger
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To: papertyger

Birth control is preventing conception from happening, abortion is ripping a developing child out of the womb a few weeks in, usually when it has some nerves and a beating heart...


70 posted on 04/16/2015 5:51:24 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: trebb

This also explains why the “gay marriage” question is so important to the left.

When asked of a Catholic, it identifies whether that Catholic has chosen to stick to his faith, or roll over for the sake of expediency.


71 posted on 04/16/2015 5:53:13 AM PDT by papertyger
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To: Morpheus2009

I understand and agree.

You’d have had to see the thread to understand my phrasing.


72 posted on 04/16/2015 5:54:32 AM PDT by papertyger
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To: markomalley

IMO, Rubio is unqualified according to this statement.

As a citizen, he has the choice to attend or not attend.
As a politician and representative of the people, he should attend ONLY if it impacts his constituency (provided his constituency is majority homosexual).
IOW, he should not kowtow to a small-small-small minority to advance his political credibility. Such a politician will be held to the Alinsky rule of “standards” for the rest of his/her term.


73 posted on 04/16/2015 5:55:30 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

The MSM has shown that a significant portion of America can be manipulated to think and behave in a desired way. Propaganda works!


Ditto Hollywood. Each year there’s some “ new push” promoted in Oscar nominated movies to make us think that we must not be “ normal” as this is what the the norm should be....


74 posted on 04/16/2015 5:55:33 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: markomalley

Hey little Marco, what have you done?
Hey little Marco, you’re the only one.

Testing the wind for so long,
Moist finger up for so long,
All focus groups for so long.

It’s a
Nice Day for a
Gay Wedding.....

WHOOOOOOOOO

It’s a
Nice Day to
Lose Aga-ain

Marrying your sister’s
Something just not done.
‘Specially when you are
Also a female one

That’s been the law for so long
5000 years is so long
Suddenly you think it’s all wrong

It’s a
Nice Day for a
Gay Wedding

WHOOOOOOO!

It’s a
Nice Day to
LOSE AGAI-AIN.....NNNNNNN

Pack it up!
Send him back home, yeah!

There is nothing pure in this world, yeah.
Cause you’re all unsure in this world.
And there is no cure in this world
If you all defer in this world
Till there’s nothing left in this wor-rrld

LOSE AGA...AIN!

It’s a
Nice Day for a
Gay Wedding

WHOOOOOO!

It’s a
Nice Day to
LOSE AGAIN!

Hey, Cuban Mister, what have you done?
Letting a man wed a-no-ther one
Why’d you decide that you’d run?
Was this here wedding shotgun?
I think I’ll vote for someone
(else)

It’s a
Nice Day for a
Gay Wedding

WHOOOOOO!!!

It’s a
Nice Day to
LOSE AGA-AIN

It’s a
Nice Day to
LOSE AGA-AIN
It’s a
Nice Day to
LOSE AGA-AIN


75 posted on 04/16/2015 5:55:33 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: don-o

Loving all people, even people who are vile sinners, is what God expects of us. This love does not mean we support wrongful actions, however. Even God loves sinners, however, he encourages to not keep sinning. That’s the key. Do I agree with my grandmother’s getting divorced years ago? No I don’t, but OTOH, I am supportive and caring of her without condoning what she did. Loving divorcees is not wrong, considering divorce without the proper justification (an unrepentant adulterous spouse) to be right when it isn’t, IS WRONG.


76 posted on 04/16/2015 5:57:38 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Arm_Bears
"Limbaugh will devote a good deal of his program today trying to explain this away—if he’s even aware of it—as he’s spent a lot of time the last several days attempting to rehabilitate Rube’s amnesty antics."

You noticed that, too?

Yesterday I kept waiting for Rush to bring up the lies Rubio told conservatives while telling Univision something else entirely. He never did, though.

77 posted on 04/16/2015 5:58:06 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office.")
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To: papertyger; don-o
I think there is a bit of cultural misunderstanding going on here. I have to assume trebb is not Catholic and don-o is. It is a well understood tenet of the Catholic faith that attending a wedding is showing theological approval of same. Therefore, Catholics are officially forbidden to attend the wedding of another Catholic who has divorced and remarried. That means even close friends and family members. I’m sure you can understand the friction generated by such a rule, but it is roughly equivalent to inviting an Orthodox Jew to eat pork.

Thanks for the 'pouring of some oil on the waters".

Some folks get really testy wiht me and that's fine but my real intent is to keep the thought process going and our examination of God and what He means to us - I could be a bit more "subdued" about it but He keeps me fired up. I learn much from the "discussions" with others, whether it be Biblical or religious (not always the same to me).

BTW - I believe I confused don-o with Mrs don-o who has engaged me several times - hope it didn't cause confusion.

78 posted on 04/16/2015 5:58:27 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: markomalley

homosexual “marriage” is a mockery of a religious sacrament.

Would I participate in the mockery of my own religion?

NO.

And no to Marco Rinio


79 posted on 04/16/2015 5:59:54 AM PDT by kidd
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To: Jim Noble

“Social Xray”

I think thats the term/concept I was fishing around for yesterday to describe how environmentalism may not be high on the important issues list for voters, but still plays a big role in determining how they vote.

Thanks for mentioning it!


80 posted on 04/16/2015 6:01:36 AM PDT by tanknetter
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