Attend a gay wedding? GOP candidates put on the spot
GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz says it’s a “gotcha” question, but the query is in the news because rival Marco Rubio answered affirmatively. The Florida senator’s response to Fusion’s Jorge Ramos in a Wednesday interview:
If it’s somebody in my life that I care for, of course I would. I’m not going to hurt them simply because I disagree with a choice they’ve made or because I disagree with a decision they’ve made or whatever it may be. Ultimately, if someone that you care for and is part of your family has decided to move in one direction or another or feels that way because of who they love, you respect that because you love them.
Radio show host Hugh Hewitt, a conservative, posed what he called a “meta media” question to Cruz and Santorum in separate interviews Thursday. Hewitt first put the query like this: What matters more, knowing if a presidential candidate would attend a gay wedding or whether he or she will destroy the Islamic State?
In some ways, the question to Republicans about attending a same-sex wedding could be put in the same category as the one about whether President Obama loves his country. Both Cruz and Santorum, who is eyeing another presidential run, said the Islamic State question is more important.
But it’s instructive that Hewitt still asked the gay wedding question, and got different responses.
Santorum, who is Catholic, said he would not attend such a wedding of a friend or relative. “That would be something that would be a violation of my faith,” he told Hewitt. “I would love them and support them, but I would not participate in that ceremony.”
As for Cruz, he turned the gay wedding question into a legal debate. “I haven’t faced that circumstance,” the Texas senator said.
He blamed the news media for trying to “twist” same-sex marriage debate into a “battle of emotions and personalities” that comes off as though “any conservative must hate people who are gay.”
Cruz said questions about marriage should be left to the states and not decided in court.
"Cruz said questions about marriage should be left to the states and not decided in court." Sorry Ted, but each state has laws covering marriage and divorce, including common law marriage. These laws were enacted by the various legislatures and vetted by the COURTS. You can't have effective laws without courts Ted, think about it.
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