McConnell opponent Bevin suggests gay marriage could lead to parents marrying children
Source: Washington Post
Senate contender Matt Bevin (R) of Kentucky suggested Thursday that gay marriage could open the door to allowing parents to marry their children.
"If it's alright to have same-sex marriages, why not define a marriage -- because at the end of the day a lot of this ends up being taxes and who can visit who in the hospital and there's other repercussions and things that come with this -- so a person may want to define themselves as being married to one of their children so that they could then in fact pass on certain things to that child financially and otherwise? Where do you draw the line? And if in fact a person can arbitrarily draw it here, why not could someone else draw it arbitrarily draw it somewhere else?" Bevin said on The Janet Mefrerd Show. Bevin's remarks were flagged by the liberal Right Wing Watch Web site.
Bevin is challenging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). So far, his campaign has gained little traction against the Senate's top-ranking Republican.
In the interview, Bevin reiterated his opposition to gay marriage and said the issue should be left up to the states, not the federal government.
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