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.”
He just lost any possibility of getting my vote. Any candidate that panders to the homo movement will not give my vote.
The question is would you understand and respect another’s decision not to attend a ‘gay wedding’.
Attending would be condoning. I could not attend a ceremony for two homosexuals pretending to be married.
What do you say? Congratulations? Best wishes? I’m so happy for the two of you?
One would need to lovingly decline, and clearly state the reason.
Toast.
Go Away Marco Rubio. Come now Gay Marriage is not natural. If God intended the same species same gender o reproduce themselves he wold have mad them in the first place. So in essence marco Rubio is placing the issue of a marriage of a man and woman on the back burner for political correctness. the next thing he will say is everyone must be like an Amoeba, and have the ability to reproduce itself. alk about stuoid politicians Rubio - open mouth insert foot and hop away.
That was a rather queer statement to make!
But would he kiss the bride?
Yea. As the Bride.
Sigh...
So few people have the guts any more to just say something’s wrong when it is.
Just like the right to kill babies in the womb...
My God....what happened.
If Hollywood and the MSM were to decide tomorrow that homosexuality was evil, and promoted it as such in the media, within a few years, the 18-to-34-year-olds of America would be chasing the queers through the streets with pitchforks and baseball bats.
The MSM has shown that a significant portion of America can be manipulated to think and behave in a desired way. Propaganda works!
Likewise, I'm surely. Seems as though we're into the "pandernation" with these so-called candidates.
I'm still comfortable with Cruz/West on my bumper sticker.
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.
Being in FL, he felt he had no alternative, as it is a liberal state now. Walker has similarly pandered. I don’t think Cruz has yet.
What happened is the incapability of the American people to think and to understand morality.
You are absolutely right. We have been assaulted by an extremely well-oiled propaganda machine, and it worked. Very sad that so many are taken in by it.
Regards,
How can one understand what is not taught? It all starts at home.
There’s a bridge burned. He’s clearly writing off socons and that’s his call, of course.
But his convoluted comparison of gay “marriage” and continuing to love divorced persons reveal a shallow understanding of his proclaimed faith. And that calls into question how deeply he has thought about anything.
Another “personally I disagree, but....” Lying politician.
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