Marco Rubio: People Are Born Gay But Gay Marriage By Definition Doesn’t Exist (Video)

Watch as Marco Rubio says the law should discriminate against minorities based on religion, specifically on the issue of same-sex marriage. 

Marco Rubio is a walking monument to contradictions. A “pro-family” Miami native of Cuban parents, Rubio opposes immigration reform and even Barack Obama’s plan to not split up families via deportation. Officially a Roman Catholic, Rubio also attends a Southern Baptist evangelical church that promotes demonology, exorcisms, young earth creationism, and denies evolution. 

Rubio provided more opportunities to examine his tendency of embracing contradictions just this morning. 

Speaking with CBS News’ Bob Schieffer, Rubio said that he does not believe in man-made climate change, but he recognizes that the climate is always changing. The 43-year old Tea Party Republican presidential candidate also said that if man-made climate change is real, fixing it is just too expensive.

Schieffer then turned the conversation to same-sex marriage and homosexuality.

Earlier this week, Rubio announced he would attend the wedding of a friend or family member even if they were marrying a person of the same-sex. But he also suggested several times that being gay is a choice. And he said he had never supported a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, despite evidence to the contrary.

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Today, Rubio clarified his comments, saying he believes people are born gay.

“I also don’t believe that your sexual preferences are a choice for the vast and enormous majority of people,” Rubio told Schieffer. “And, in fact, the bottom line is that I believe that sexual preference is something that people are born with.”

He also said that he believes marriage is only “between one man and one woman.”

The freshman Florida senator claimed, “it’s not that I’m against gay marriage,” because, he said, by definition there’s no such thing. “I believe the definition of the institution of marriage should be between one man and one woman.”

Rubio also dragged out his standard answer on the subject.

“States have always regulated marriage, and if a state wants to have a different definition, you should petition the state legislature and have a political debate,” he said. “I don’t think courts should be making that decision, and I don’t believe same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.”

Rubio’s position, were it to be expanded to other issues, would mean he doesn’t believe the courts should protect women or African-Americans from discrimination. His positions also mean the courts should not have struck down laws that prevented bi-racial couples from marrying.

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