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Rick Perry Can’t Make Up His Mind About Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment, ‘War On Religion’
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has again apparently flip-flopped on the question of whether he supports the idea of a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Back in 2011, before he launched his first presidential campaign, Perry said he was fine with New York’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage, because it’s a states’ rights issue. From the Associated Press:
“Our friends in New York six weeks ago passed a statute that said marriage can be between two people of the same sex. And you know what? That’s New York, and that’s their business, and that’s fine with me,” he said to applause from several hundred GOP donors in Aspen, Colo. “That is their call. If you believe in the 10th Amendment, stay out of their business.”
Then, under intense pressure from social conservatives, Perry reversed his position less than a week later in an interview with the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins. From CNN:
“I probably needed to add a few words after that ‘it’s fine with me,'” Perry admitted to Perkins Thursday.
And he repeated his commitment to the 10th amendment as well as his conviction that marriage should be between a man and a woman. “It’s fine with me that a state is using their sovereign rights to decide an issue. Obviously gay marriage is not fine with me. My stance hasn’t changed.” …
“To not pass the federal marriage amendment would impinge on Texas and other states not to have marriage forced upon them,” Perry said.
And he repeated his commitment to the 10th amendment as well as his conviction that marriage should be between a man and a woman. “It’s fine with me that a state is using their sovereign rights to decide an issue. Obviously gay marriage is not fine with me. My stance hasn’t changed.” …
“To not pass the federal marriage amendment would impinge on Texas and other states not to have marriage forced upon them,” Perry said.
Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2015/06/rick-perry-cant-make-mind-anti-gay-marriage-amendment-war-religion-watch/
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