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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 02:05 PM Apr 2015

Marco Rubio: 'I've Never Supported A Federal Constitutional Amendment On Marriage.' Really?

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/marco_rubio_i_ve_never_supported_a_federal_constitutional_amendment_on_marriage

In a quick interview with MSNBC this morning, Marco Rubio said he believes the states should have the right to define marriage as they choose. The GOP presidential candidate, who does not support marriage equality and initially stumbled by saying "sex" instead of "marriage" when talking about same-sex couples, also offered up an interesting statement. "I've never supported a federal constitutional amendment on marriage."

Really? If that's true, the record says otherwise. And if that's true, did he try to correct the record?...

While the Florida freshman Senator may or may not have ever "supported a federal constitutional amendment on marriage," the record certainly appears to show he did.

A 2010 Voters Guide published by the Christian Coalition, a far right religious organization, puts Rubio's position on the issue of a "Federal Marriage Amendment to prevent same sex marriage" as "Supports." An asterisk is next to his position, which the Christian Coalition states designates:
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