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Rand Paul on gay marriage: 'People ought to be treated fairly'
CNN ^ | 04/12/15 | Eric Bradner

Posted on 04/13/2015 11:56:02 AM PDT by thetallguy24

Washington (CNN)Rand Paul isn't endorsing same-sex marriage, but said Sunday that "people ought to be treated fairly under the law."

The Kentucky Republican senator who launched his 2016 presidential campaign this week talked about the semantics of marriage equality in an interview with CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."

He said the decision on whether to allow same-sex marriage should be left to the states, and that he believes in "the traditional religious connotation" to marriage -- which religious conservatives believe should be reserved for one man and one woman.

"I also believe people ought to be treated fairly under the law," he said

"And you probably could have both," he said. "You could have both traditional marriage, which I believe in. And then you could also have the neutrality of the law that allows people to have contracts with another."

The issue could be a key one for Paul -- whose libertarian tendencies put him in stark contrast to Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and could attract younger voters who are turned off by the GOP's socially conservative tendencies -- in the 2016 race.

Paul said he's a "leave me alone kind of guy."

He's also called for a less interventionist foreign policy than other leaders of both parties, and said Sunday that he'd like any increases in defense spending to be offset in cuts to domestic programs.

"I do believe people ought to be left alone," Paul said. "I don't care who you are or what you do at home or who your friends are or what, you know, where you hang out, what kind of music you listen to, what you do in your home is your own business. That's always been who I am."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gop; homosexualagenda; libertarianagenda; president; republican; teaparty
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

The federal government has had it’s own relationship with marriage from the very first, even with the Continental congress, there are marriage decisions regarding the military, federal employment, immigration, and today, foreign policy.

Rand Paul is running for federal office, not state office, we need to know what his positions are because he will be making decisions at the federal level.

Obama just approved gay marriage for the military for example.


21 posted on 04/13/2015 12:08:25 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: relictele

Great question!!!


22 posted on 04/13/2015 12:09:32 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: MrEdd

“The primary purpose of marriage in society is to insure that the two people who conceive a child also raise the child who bears their genetic likeness.”

No, that used to be the primary purpose, but that hasn’t been true for several decades, since we passed the easy peasy divorce laws.


23 posted on 04/13/2015 12:13:50 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: thetallguy24

I completely agree with Mr. Paul on this.

If a homosexual man wants to marry a woman, he should be able to. And if a homosexual woman wants to marry a man, I think she should have that right.


24 posted on 04/13/2015 12:15:21 PM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: thetallguy24

Beware anyone saying gummint should be fair.


25 posted on 04/13/2015 12:18:11 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

...or not regulated by the government at all.


26 posted on 04/13/2015 12:18:49 PM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: WayneS

States do have a right to regulate marriage. I don’t think I would want my eleven year old daughter running off and getting married just yet.


27 posted on 04/13/2015 12:21:05 PM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: thetallguy24
Homosexuals are already treated fairly under the law: If they want to marry, they have the same right as anyone else to find a suitable member of the opposite sex and to legally commit to them. What they don't have is a right to change the definition of marriage to suit their proclivities.

I am disappointed that Rand Paul is giving in to the left's habit of redefining terms in his apparent attempt to finesse his answer. We have to start clearly framing the parameters of debate, rather than accepting the left's deceptive characterizations.

28 posted on 04/13/2015 12:23:14 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: MrEdd
It’s not a license to screw.

Exactly. The promiscuity rate (unfaithful to their "spouse") is something like 95% for homosexuals compared to 25% for heterosexuals.

And even among the promiscuous heterosexual population, the average number of other partners is around 1.8. It is at least 10 times that among the homosexual crowds with some reliable surveys numbering it in the dozens or even higher.

They can't be legally treated like us because they are not like us. Sexual intercourse is just something we "breeders" occasionally do, it doesn't define who we are

29 posted on 04/13/2015 12:23:52 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: thetallguy24
Paul said he's a "leave me alone kind of guy."

 

Lucky for him; I'll be glad to do just that. Leave him alone. I'll not vote for him, that's for sure.

30 posted on 04/13/2015 12:24:01 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: thetallguy24

Gay, gay, gay! Let’s talk about gayness. Gay this, gay that...it’s just gay, gay, gay 24-7. The most important issue of the day. Damn!


31 posted on 04/13/2015 12:27:02 PM PDT by subterfuge (Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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To: thetallguy24

Thanks for playing Rand, you’re can step aside now.


32 posted on 04/13/2015 12:27:13 PM PDT by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: WKTimpco

“What about pedophiles?”

That was my first thought too.


33 posted on 04/13/2015 12:29:12 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: thetallguy24

People should be treated fairly, under the law.

But, if you don’t believe in gay marriage, then destroy the law and licensing aspect of it by marrying in the church or doing it the old fashioned way by declaring you are married.

Eventually, if heterosexuals refuse to marry under the license of the state and refuse marriage tax benefits, then the system itself will implode.


34 posted on 04/13/2015 12:35:05 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
States do have a right to regulate marriage...

No. Not a "right".

From the standpoint of the People, States do not have rights - States have powers. And, except where otherwise controlled by the U.S. Constitution, the States only have those powers granted by the People via each State's Constitution.

If the People of your State have granted the government of your State the power to regulate marriage, then your State has that power. If they have not, then it does not.

35 posted on 04/13/2015 12:35:51 PM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: thetallguy24
Paul has obviously not thought through what he says.

We don't need someone like that at the helm.

36 posted on 04/13/2015 12:36:47 PM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: WayneS

Well here in CA we have state initiatives...the power to pass laws at the ballot box. I recall in 2008 we passed an initiative defining marriage as between one man and woman. What happened to that?


37 posted on 04/13/2015 12:38:45 PM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Vigilanteman

Fwiw, people who commit crimes against homosexuals get prosecuted, that’s more fair than can be said for a lot of people at some point or another in U.S. History.


38 posted on 04/13/2015 12:39:30 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Just more single mothers:

Without Polygamy, Somali Bantu Wives Scrape by in USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyv2JLJezAU


39 posted on 04/13/2015 12:39:34 PM PDT by donna (Pray for Revival)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

Not sure. You should probably ask your governor....


40 posted on 04/13/2015 12:41:45 PM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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