As he and others wiggle their way along the presidential campaign trail, Republican U.S. Senator from Florida Marco Rubio will say a lot of things. If you’re interested in equality, you’re probably not going to vote for him anyway, regardless of what he says. But in case you’re curious as to how anti-gay he is, you may want to remember some of what he uttered in an interview that aired today on the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Here goes:
“We are at the water’s edge of the argument that mainstream Christian teaching is hate speech,” Rubio told Christian Broadcasting Network. “Because today we’ve reached the point in our society where if you do not support same-sex marriage you are labeled a homophobe and a hater. … After they are done going after individuals, the next step is to argue that the teachings of mainstream Christianity, the catechism of the Catholic Church is hate speech and that’s a real and present danger.”
So, once people are done saying discrimination is bad, they are going to start attacking “do unto others?” Or the one about the camel going through an eye of the needle being easier than a rich man getting to heaven? Sure, makes sense. But we’re pretty sure someone else has already sought policies directly countering those, and it sure wasn’t supporters of gay marriage.
In any event, we should be finding out whether or not marriage equality will be a thing sometime in late June, when the U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision on it.
This article appears in May 21-27, 2015.


