Posted on 05/12/2015 6:37:01 AM PDT by wagglebee
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 11, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- The GOP's only female presidential candidate says that she supports gay civil unions and religious liberty -- and that "government shouldn't discriminate" when it comes to benefits.
Speaking to the blog Caffeinated Thoughts, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina also said she would not support an amendment to overturn whatever decision the Supreme Court makes this summer.
"I think the Supreme Court ruling will become the law of the land, and however much I may agree or disagree with it, I wouldn’t support an amendment to reverse it," explained Fiorina. "I very much hope that we would come to a place now in this nation where we can support their decision and at the same time support people to have, to hold religious views and to protect their right to exercise those views."
“I think this is a nation that should be able to accept that government shouldn’t discriminate on how it provides benefits and that people have a right to their religious views and those views need to be protected. We need to protect religious liberty in this country,” Fiorina added.
Fiorina, who earlier this year criticized Apple CEO Tim Cook for attacking Indiana's religious liberty law, doubled down on this statement in an interview with Yahoo News' Katie Couric. Fiorina told Couric that "government should not bestow benefits unequally.”
“I’ve always been a supporter of civil unions. I provided benefits to same-sex couples when I was a CEO at Hewlett-Packard, and I also believe as so many do, that marriage has a spiritual foundation. Because only men and women can create life.”
Many social conservatives argue that because only relationships between heterosexual couples can bring about new human life, government should only provide benefits meant to support the continuation of the species. Fiorina, however, says that "government shouldn’t bestow benefits in a discriminatory fashion, and that people who believe marriage has a religious foundation, those beliefs should be respected. I hope we can come to that point.”
While many homosexual activists have compared civil unions for gay couples to the "separate but equal" laws meant to keep blacks and whites from intermingling prior to the Civil Rights Era, Fiorina told Couric that civil unions do provide equal treatment. "That’s what’s been going on. Government bestows in those states where civil marriage is legal, benefits are being bestowed to those gay couples and I support that.”
Fiorina also said that "it isn't" discrimination for governments to not allow gay couples to legally wed.
Spokespeople for Fiorina's campaign did not respond to LifeSiteNews' request for comment about how she would balance civil unions with religious liberty, especially in light of the weakening of religious liberty around the world and domestically.
Likewise, a question about state rights and marriage went unanswered, as did a question meant to clarify whether Fiorina believes the Supreme Court should overturn state laws on marriage.
Speak of the devil.
So, Carly, whatever the decision might be, should be supported. This thinking is why so many corrupt judges get away with their rulings.
The same way we should have accepted the Dred Scott and Plessy vs. Ferguson decisions.
>> So much for the “I like Carly” crew around here <<
Heh. Nice timing. Carly being Carly again.
It's not just some misguided FReepers drinking the "Carly is a great conservative" kool-aid, there's also a number of Tea Party activists and radio talk show hosts. They basically argue that they didn't care for her c. 2008-2010 when she was a McCain adviser and GOP establishment candidate for Senate, but she's become "much more conservative" since then and "embraced Tea Party values". Sorry, not seeing it. Apparently she's given some anti-Hillary speeches so now they think she's a Reagan clone.
Worse is the conservative worship for Jeannie Pirro. She was a terribly embarrassing RINO who rightfully dropped out of a Senate primary to run against Hillary when her past kept haunting her. Now a bunch of conservaitves on the internet have orgasms whenever she speaks on TV and threatens to "take down Obama". And Pirro (pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, etc.) is certainly to the left of Fiorina. But Pirro's not running for office again, so her actual beliefs on government policy likely won't be scrutinized and she'll continue to give "conservative" soundbites on TV that useful idiots have orgasms over.
In any case, I can't see Fiorina lasting long in the GOP presidential primaries. The big problem is if any Republican is stupid enough to put her on the ticket because the mainstream media keeps playing up the idea. I think Bush pretty much appointed Colin Powell Secretary of State because the media kept fantasizing about how awesome it would be to have Powell as a top-ranking official in a Republican administration, and worked for years to make it a reality. Puke.
The Jon Huntsman of this election cycle?
Well, I suspect that Carly is really aiming for the VP slot (and a springboard for another run in 8 years), or at least a high level cabinet post.
I find her Saturday night rants entertaining.
But I don't confuse entertainers with leaders.
I assumed that she was just another GOP corporatist.
What do they care about gay marriage and illegals?
She was appearing on the Sunday network shows round-table discussions before this make believe run.
I think she is looking for a VP slot, or something similar.
thanks for the heads up, not that I was ever a fan
of hers
I still don’t support their “decision” on Roe. Why in the hell would I support this blasphemy?
Bingo.
Caffeinated Thoughts is run by Shane Vander Hart, a conservative Christian in Iowa who is doing great work by asking hard questions to candidates, and also made national news in the 2012 primary cycle -- work which in an earlier generation would have been done by conservative newspapers in Iowa and New Hampshire and other early decider states.
Vander Hart deserves some serious compliments for his work.
She’s a dick.
<3
Carly, you’re fired!
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