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Related: About this forumRand Paul: I don’t understand same sex marriage
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who describes himself as a libertarian, said Wednesday that he opposed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because it could unintentionally result in same-sex marriage becoming legal.
I believe in traditional marriage, he said during an interview with Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association. I really dont understand any other kind of marriage. Between a man and a woman is what I believe in, and I just dont think it is good for us to change the definition of that.
Paul noted that his state, Kentucky, had approved a constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriage. He said he was not sure about DOMA, but warned the federal law could result in conservatives losing the battle for the whole country.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/30/rand-paul-i-dont-understand-same-sex-marriage/
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Rand Paul doesn't understand marriage equality? Understatement of the year.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)dooooooooosh
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)He's usually fairly consistent.
Unless he's pandering...
dballance
(5,756 posts)So he has to start talking and pandering to the RW base that doesn't approve of marriage equality. To hell with his libertarian principles - he wants to get elected.
For the record Rand, we're not asking you to understand same-sex marriage. We're just asking you to allow it because it serves no compelling governmental interest to prevent it. I don't understand republicans but I'm not trying to ban them - maybe I should be.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Especially the part about us not asking him to understand it. Was exactly the point I was going to make.
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)elleng
(130,973 posts)'he was not sure about DOMA, but warned the federal law could result in conservatives losing the battle for the whole country.'
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)Really........
There must be a whale of a list of things he doesn't understand....Democracy,governance,the Constitution,fairness,empathy,the 21st century.....
Hell the list of things he'd need to learn just to begin to grasp how much he doesn't understand,would be staggering....
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)they sometimes seek a (hopefully) lifetime commitment.
Now what the hell is so hard to understand about that??
The stupid just soars in that man.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)DreWId
(78 posts)what love is. To him, marriage is just the word of a contract, not of devotion. His father truly raised him with sociopathic tendencies.
William769
(55,147 posts)abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)How completely.......predictable.
pauldemmd195j
(36 posts)He's just like his batshit father. Selfish, ignorant, and bigoted. Nothing new really.