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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 05:51 PM Mar 2015

Rand Paul comes out as being ‘offended’ by gay marriage

In an interview with Bret Baier from Fox News, potential GOP presidential nominee Rand Paul came out in support of “traditional marriage,” before admitting that using the term ‘marriage’ for same sex couples offends him.

According to the Washington Blade, the Kentucky senator who describes himself as a “libertarian conservative’ has strong feelings when it comes to how marriage is defined.

“I think marriage is between a man and a woman. Ultimately, we could have fixed this a long time ago if we just allowed contracts between adults. We didn’t have to call it marriage, which offends myself and a lot of people,” he told Baier.

Paul went on to describe the bond between two adults as more of a business than a loving relationship, saying, “I think having competing contracts that would give them equivalency before the law would have solved a lot of these problems, and it may be where we’re still headed.” Previously Paul said he didn’t think the government needs to be too involved in the same sex marriage debate, and shrugged off whether he might some day rethink his position.

Watch the video below uploaded to YouTube by Chris Johnson:



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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/rand-paul-comes-out-as-being-offended-by-gay-marriage/
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Rand Paul comes out as being ‘offended’ by gay marriage (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2015 OP
So, your marriage is a business one, Rand? Too bad for you. leftofcool Mar 2015 #1
LOL, No one loves those selfish Libertarians. n/t FSogol Mar 2015 #3
TFB. I'm offended by gRand Faul's mere presence. Woe to anyone who has to breathe the same air as him. What a jerk! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #2
Rand Paul = Colossal Shithead FSogol Mar 2015 #4
It's the primary season. Consider his base. Wella Mar 2015 #5
Gee, maybe his friends in the DU community will have the decency to reject him, at long last. MADem Mar 2015 #6
I'm guessing... OilemFirchen Mar 2015 #7
No suprise Dwayne Hicks Mar 2015 #8
This fucker has his head shoved so far up his ass, he hasn't seen the sun in months.... Humanist_Activist Mar 2015 #9
Aha! Now I understand why his marriage is a business relationship leftofcool Mar 2015 #10
He's a huge, giant bigot on many levels and I am happy that his sort of rhetoric is now GOP Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #11
Fuck Rand Paul. zappaman Mar 2015 #12
took the words right out of my mouth cyberswede Mar 2015 #13
+1000 smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #16
Mind if I quote you? bluedigger Mar 2015 #24
I'm offended that Rand Paul's mother and/or father didn't just flush after having him. Jamastiene Mar 2015 #14
LOL! City Lights Mar 2015 #15
Is this where Marxism meets libertarianism ... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #17
A homophobe as well as a racist... Spazito Mar 2015 #18
I'm offended by that dead squirrel stapled to the top of his head that he calls hair Trekologer Mar 2015 #19
R#1 & K for, woo-woo let all the cockroaches be known!1 n/t UTUSN Mar 2015 #20
shocking. Cha Mar 2015 #21
I'm offended by Rand Paul and his equally useless father. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #22
I'm SHOCKED that someone of his high level of integrity would be in favor of bullwinkle428 Mar 2015 #23

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
2. TFB. I'm offended by gRand Faul's mere presence. Woe to anyone who has to breathe the same air as him. What a jerk!
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 05:58 PM
Mar 2015
 

Wella

(1,827 posts)
5. It's the primary season. Consider his base.
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 06:01 PM
Mar 2015

As soon as the primaries are over, everyone will be on the other side of the issue. It's completely and utterly predictable.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. Gee, maybe his friends in the DU community will have the decency to reject him, at long last.
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 06:01 PM
Mar 2015

I won't hold my breath.

 

Humanist_Activist

(7,670 posts)
9. This fucker has his head shoved so far up his ass, he hasn't seen the sun in months....
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 06:08 PM
Mar 2015

fucking homophobic asshole.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
10. Aha! Now I understand why his marriage is a business relationship
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 06:10 PM
Mar 2015

Must be hard to have an intimate relationship when your own head is in the way.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
11. He's a huge, giant bigot on many levels and I am happy that his sort of rhetoric is now GOP
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 07:48 PM
Mar 2015

exclusive. Look at how vile he sounds. Then look at Obama '08 to Saddleback Church-

“I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian…it is also a sacred union. God’s in the mix.”

And to MTV, no less:
"I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage."


Swift changes.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
14. I'm offended that Rand Paul's mother and/or father didn't just flush after having him.
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 08:58 PM
Mar 2015

They could could have spared the rest of us his dumb ass shit.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
17. Is this where Marxism meets libertarianism ...
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 09:14 PM
Mar 2015

Is this where Marxism meets libertarianism in the belief that every relationship in the capitalist state can be reduced to a cash nexus?


This is the crude materialism with which I will not put.

Trekologer

(997 posts)
19. I'm offended by that dead squirrel stapled to the top of his head that he calls hair
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 09:57 PM
Mar 2015

What does that get me? Absolutely nothing.

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