Rand Paul Flips Script, Says Gay Marriage Is Evidence Of 'Moral Crisis' In America
Politics By Ethan Brown, Mon, March 30, 2015
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) is making headlines over his comments during his appearance at the Capitol Hill Club on Mar. 26, in which he stated that there is a moral crisis that allows people to think there would be some other sort of marriage.
Paul was speaking to a group of pastors and religious media personalities, including Jerry Johnson, the chief executive of National Religious Broadcasters.
In his comments, Paul referenced the First Amendment in his reasoning saying, The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesnt say keep religion out of government.
We open the Senate every day with a prayer, he continued. You have prayer in government.
Pauls comments come shortly after the public outcry over the new Indiana law that some say discriminates against gay citizens. Theres also much speculation that Paul will announce his candidacy for president on April 7, becoming the second Republican to make a run for the White House after Ted Cruz.
The Washington Post reports that the Kentucky senator seemed to have changed his views on gay-marriage in the last few months.
In an interview with CNN in October, Paul said he believes in old-fashioned marriage, but he said that the government shouldnt be involved and that the Republican Party can have people on both sides of the issue, wrote the Post.
Much like his father Ron, the former Texas congressman and 2012 presidential candidate, Rand Paul has typically held views closer to a libertarian perspective than of the two major political parties. However, he has been recruiting more conservative Republicans lately, perhaps in an effort to secure more votes to win the Republican primary for president.
One of Pauls more interesting comments on the topic came in March 2013 when he was asked about moderate voters and the Republican Partys position on gay marriage.
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Rand Paul Flips Script, Says Gay Marriage Is Evidence Of 'Moral Crisis' In America