Marco Rubio: Being Gay Is Not a Choice

Newsmax ^ | Sunday, 19 Apr 2015

[SoConPubbie]

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio says he does not believe sexual orientation is a choice for the "enormous majority of people."

The Florida senator's comments came Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation, where he said that it should be up to states rather than the Supreme Court to define marriage and that he considers marriage to be between a man and a woman. 

"I also don't believe that your sexual preferences are a choice for the vast and enormous majority of people. In fact, the bottom line is, I believe that sexual preference is something people are born with," Rubio said. 

He and other Republican presidential hopefuls have faced questions in recent days about their positions on same-sex marriage as the nation's top court prepares for what is expected to be a broad ruling on the constitutionality of the issue in June.

Americans support the right of same-sex couples to wed, 55 percent to 42 percent, according to a Gallup poll in May 2014, reflecting sweeping movement in public opinion over nearly two decades. Republican support has also grown, but stands at just 30 percent, according to the poll.

In an interview with Fusion published Wednesday, Rubio said he would attend a same-sex wedding.

“If it’s somebody in my life that I care for, of course I would,” he said. “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."

Texas Senator Ted Cruz said he has never had to make such a decision, dodging the question. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who has not announced a campaign yet, said he would not attend such a wedding.

Ohio Governor John Kasich, another possible candidate, said he and his wife had been invited to a same-sex wedding and plan to attend, CNN reported Saturday.

[SoConPubbie]

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[House Atreides]

And he “knows” this....how?

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Yeah it is.

Why do you think they call it “sexual preference”?

[semaj]

"Marco Rubio: Being Gay Is Not a Choice"

Neither is Marc Rubio.

[Breto]

“Marco Rubio: Being Gay Is Not a Choice”
Neither is Marc Rubio.

I second that

[xzins]

Marco Rubio is getting dangerous. He is pandering.

[DoughtyOne]

If it’s not, then why do some married men get a divorce and go homosexual?

I don’t doubt some are born with this proclivity, but I also think there are young people recruited for this life choice.

The whole homosexual “ideology” is put into question with the demand young kids “try it, you might like it” movement. And yes, there is one out there.

[bray]

Why are Repubs bothering to answer questions nobody except liberals care about?

Pray America is waking

[MikefromOhio]

Why are Repubs bothering to answer questions nobody except liberals care about?

Because they suck at the game of politics....

[ROCKLOBSTER]

The whole homosexual “ideology” is put into question with the demand young kids “try it, you might like it” movement.

NAMBLA: "Get em by eight, before it's too late."

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I can’t say whether a man having a preference for other men is a choice — but ACTING on that preference absolutely is. So is shoving that preference in everyone’s faces and demanding that we bow down to it.

[EnquiringMind]

“And he “knows” this....how?”

Maybe he watched a gay family member develop from birth, onward. I did, and guess what? I know.

[Candor7]

I chose NO !

[Bryanw92]

>>Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio says he does not believe sexual orientation is a choice for the “enormous majority of people.”

If its not a choice, then its a non-viable mutation or mental illness.

[bike800]

Being gay might not be...engaging in the behavior is...

[manc]

His pandering is getting nearly as bad as Rand Pauls.

Of course it’s a frigging choice, do they not choose on who they have sex with ad why has no homosexual gene been found after all this looking throughout the decades?

[SoConPubbie]

Why are Repubs bothering to answer questions nobody except liberals care about?

Because Marco is GOP-E Establishment, more than a conservative?

[manc]

Republicans are stupid and the media will always have a different list of questions than they do to the Dems.

[GeronL]

When does he switch parties?

[SoConPubbie]

Maybe he watched a gay family member develop from birth, onward. I did, and guess what? I know.

Who to believe, you, or an all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present Holy God and Holy Bible?

I think the answer is self-evident.