[Republican] Michigan Gubernatorial Candidates Want Marriage Equality Overturned

[In It to Win It]

All five Republican candidates for Michigan governor debated Thursday night just over a month before the Republican primary and they had plenty to say about the LGBTQ+ community.

The hourlong sold-out event covered topics including drag queens, marriage equality, and God. There was a cash bar available for attendees, Michigan Advance reports.

The Brighter Michigan PAC, a right-wing political action committee, sponsored the debate.

Several Republican gubernatorial candidates called for the United States Supreme Court to reopen the door to state-level bans on marriage equality allowed under the landmark 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.

The debate included businessman Kevin Rinke, far-right activist Ryan Kelley, chiropractor Garrett Soldano, pastor Rev. Ralph Rebandt, and conservative media personality Tudor Dixon.

Soldano expressed support for same-sex "unions" in the debate but wished same-sex marriages were referred to differently due to his Catholic faith tradition's definition of marriage.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-gubernatorial-candidates-want-marriage-144233344.html

[multigraincracker]

1. I could only watch a few minutes of it.

Insane.

[NowISeetheLight]

2. Who cares ?

“ Soldano expressed support for same-sex "unions" in the debate but wished same-sex marriages were referred to differently due to his Catholic faith tradition's definition of marriage.”

So what? Are the gays having a catholic marriage? No. He’s hung up on the word “marriage”. Fine then. Get the government out of the marriage business for EVERYONE then. Gay and straight. All couples can have a legal “Union” so the same legal rights. As for “marriage” that’s up to your church. Since it is religious and the Constitution says there will be no established religion it’s a churches right to call it what they will. There should be no legal rights for none married then.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Don't get married to someone of the same gender if you think it's wrong

No one is forcing you.

[keep_left]

4. At least a couple of these idiots are likely funded by either Tom Monaghan...

...or the DeVos family, two of the most malilgnant forces in Michigan politics, not to mention US politics overall.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

5. Of course they do

They want it all overturned... followed by forcing us all into conversion therapy, or eliminated. Just so long as we're gone and they can MACA (Make America Cishet Again).

By the way, Asshole Soldano (and others).. Freedom of religion gives you the right to practice your "Catholic faith." It does not give you the right to cram your "Catholic faith" down our throats.

I hate Michigan Nazis.