Tea Party GOP Candidate Rand Paul Rails Against Same-Sex Marriage
Tea Party-supported GOP candidate Rand Paul has a two-fold learning problem. First, he didn’t learn the lesson his fellow Tea Party-supported GOP candidate Carl Paladino learned this past week about attacking gays and lesbians. Paul’s second learning problem? He wants to get rid of the U.S. Department of Education.
And he’s linking the two.
Via Huffington Post:
“In arguing for why the U.S. Department of Education is unnecessary and should be abolished on Thursday, Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul cited concerns he has about the issue of gay marriage to make his case.
“I would rather have the local school districts decide things,” explained Paul at a debate against Democratic rival Jack Conway in the Bluegrass State. “I don’t like the idea of Suzie has two mommies being an appropriate family situation to talk about to kindergartners. That’s what happens when it gets to the federal level.”
“The Tea Party-backed contender said he’d prefer that “local school boards, teachers, parents” and residents be the ones making such decisions.”

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