Posted on 04/13/2015 11:56:02 AM PDT by thetallguy24
Washington (CNN)Rand Paul isn't endorsing same-sex marriage, but said Sunday that "people ought to be treated fairly under the law."
The Kentucky Republican senator who launched his 2016 presidential campaign this week talked about the semantics of marriage equality in an interview with CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."
He said the decision on whether to allow same-sex marriage should be left to the states, and that he believes in "the traditional religious connotation" to marriage -- which religious conservatives believe should be reserved for one man and one woman.
"I also believe people ought to be treated fairly under the law," he said
"And you probably could have both," he said. "You could have both traditional marriage, which I believe in. And then you could also have the neutrality of the law that allows people to have contracts with another."
The issue could be a key one for Paul -- whose libertarian tendencies put him in stark contrast to Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and could attract younger voters who are turned off by the GOP's socially conservative tendencies -- in the 2016 race.
Paul said he's a "leave me alone kind of guy."
He's also called for a less interventionist foreign policy than other leaders of both parties, and said Sunday that he'd like any increases in defense spending to be offset in cuts to domestic programs.
"I do believe people ought to be left alone," Paul said. "I don't care who you are or what you do at home or who your friends are or what, you know, where you hang out, what kind of music you listen to, what you do in your home is your own business. That's always been who I am."
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What about pedophiles?
RP is big on the Constitution supposedly.
The Constitution does not mention a word on marriage.
Marriage should therefore be regulated by the states if the Constitution still carries any weight.
“Paul said he’s a “leave me alone kind of guy.” “
Maybe he’s a “leave my member in the chute” kind of guy.
Sodomite appeasement will get the Right nowhere! They are not satisfied with equal treatment. They have that now; each of them can marry the opposite gender if they so desire. In fact, they do not want equal treatment, they want “special” treatment. They are coming after our kids soon so brace yourselves...
Children are evidently not people.
The primary purpose of marriage in society is to insure that the two people who conceive a child also raise the child who bears their genetic likeness.
It’s not a license to screw.
And then there are those of us who don’t want this sexual deviancy BS shoved in our face or down our throat all of the time.
FURP!! Big tent RINO!!
Paul with his double speak yet again.
Rand the panderer and still some of his voters can’t face it.
So black have been pandered to.
Homosexuals been pandered to.
Illegals have been pandered to.
Druggies have been pandered to.
Paul why not challenge Clinton seeing as you are as left as her and a panderer?
Apparently ... as long as they do it in their own homes ... it should be okay. That would be along with all the newly legalized drugs we get, too!
A constitutional ammendment should have been passed on what constitutes a family. Otherwise all Hell breaks loose. What if Utah says a man can marry multiple wives? Or Kentucky says you can marry brothers and sisters?
-— The primary purpose of marriage in society is to insure that the two people who conceive a child also raise the child who bears their genetic likeness. -—
THIS is the essence of the issue. Not whether Ben and Jerry can play house.
And this is why State sanctioning of marriage is justifiable.
ah... but since when does “leave me alone” mean
“make us a cake or we’ll burn down your shop”
???
“people ought to be treated fairly under the law.”
Perhaps he was talking about cake bakers, photographers, and florists?
Naaaaa...
Shame some of his pro druggies, pro homosexual, pro amnesty folks on here do not understand he is nothing but a Dem.
I can just see it, though - some judge would rule that the amendment was unconstitutional and therefore void.
forgot to add to that list.
College should be tax deducted he said the other day.
So college kids and people have been pandered to
So black have been pandered to.
Homosexuals been pandered to.
Illegals have been pandered to.
Druggies have been pandered to.
In Utah polygamy was originally permitted. State was not allowed to enter in the union until that practice was outlawed. I’m not sure about brothers and sisters in KY...
Dear Rand: we passed laws democratically. Militant gays and leftists went to judges to overturn valid law. Is that fairness?
Smoke some dope in public where I have to inhale and get high on that crap or even a small child at a bus stop.
Paulbots will always use the slogan of no Govt and the problem with that is it can be used for anything.
Incest, polygamy, homosexuality and marriage agenda, drugs, age of consent.
Infact the only people he has no pandered to yet is the military where he wants it reduced because even after we have seen no leadership in the world by the fairy in chief Paul wants to carry it on and see the world burn and we come under more attacks.
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