Posted on 03/30/2015 4:45:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said that he believes people who don’t want to provide services for same-sex marriages on religious grounds have “a valid constitutional concern,” and that it shouldn’t be legal “to deny someone service at a restaurant or at a hotel because of their sexual orientation” on Monday’s broadcast of “The Five” on the Fox News Channel.
Rubio was initially asked if he would support adding sexual orientation to the Civil Rights Act, to which he responded “I haven’t heard that proposal before, and therefore don’t fully understand how something like that would work.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
No Shirt , No Shoes ,No Service
Would have as much effect as Sharpton saying Zero was not “authentically black.
There is a more solid rebuttal available to Conservatives:
“I am under no obligation to promote, endorse, or participate in behavior that conflicts with my religious beliefs. And, there is no legal basis to force me to do otherwise.”
The Establishment clause of the First Amendment makes clear that “the Congress shall make no laws establishing a religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof.”
“Forcing me to PARTICIPATE IN the SHAM of ‘same-sex marriage’, directly violates the free exercise of my religion.”
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
It can’t get simpler than that.
Most telegenic candidate of all running, and that includes Hillary & the Indian princess hahaha.
One reason McCain lost so badly was he was short, pudgy, balding and old. Not good in this age of 24-7 cable TV.
He looks light-in-the-loafers to me.
Yes!! Thank you!!! WELL SAID!!!
Really?? The Left has been trying to add homosexuals to the list of protected categories for awhile now. He has never heard of ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act)?
I agree with him on this.
Rubio already betrayed the citizens with his scheming with Schumer and his Gang to pass amnesty for fraudulently documented foreigners. Why would any rational person vote for him?
He’s completely untrustworthy. He lied about what was in that poisonous bill.
When you read the entire article, you can see that he separated the two:
So, no one here is saying it should be legal to deny someone service at a restaurant or at a hotel because of their sexual orientation ...
He went on to say:
But I think the flip side of all of this debate is what about the religious liberties of Americans who do not want to feel compelled by law to provide a catering service or a photography service to a same-sex marriage that their faith teaches is wrong? And — that’s a valid constitutional concern as well.”
if we’re not allowed to distance ourselves and our businesses from people of certain behaviors, then why are we bothering to track sex offenders once they leave prison?
behavior is not the same as an inherent, unchangeable part of a person’s dna.
criticizing, admonishing, and distancing oneself based on behaviors is done all the time.
for example, the attack by the left on the right’s behavior to stay away from and be repulsed by fags
Mario Rubico?
You can see his loafers? Now that’s gaydar.
We are all sex-offenders now.
Everyone of us was dismayed by Rubio’s support of that bill. However, I think he learned a lesson. After all, he is a young gun and mostly conservative and a heck of a lot better than anything the DEMONcrats will run. I, am a person who forgives, and hope that the person who is forgiven sees the error of his/her ways - and I think Rubio did. No one is perfect - even those of here who demand perfection from a politician.
I do not trust politicians who make wholesale changes to their core beliefs while thinking of running for higher office.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.