One of the top five polling candidates in the crowded Republican presidential field tells the Christian Broadcasting Network he would seek out potential Supreme Court justices who are against same-sex marriage and abortion.
He is critical of the high court for its 5-4 vote in June that made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. Two of the votes for marriage equality came from justices appointed by President Barack Obama.
‘… There is no way that you can read that Constitution and deduce from it that there is constitutional right to an abortion, or a constitutional right to marry someone of the same sex,’ Rubio said.
‘You need judges that understand how constitutionally flawed that those two kinds of rulings and others have been and that’s what the most important thing the next President will do is appoint Supreme court Justices that actually will apply the constitution irrespective of their personal feelings about the issue.’
Rubio would also reverse some executive orders made by Obama that seek to end LGBT discrimination.
‘ … Things like gender equality in restrooms,’ Rubio said. ‘You’ve seen some local districts and others been forced to, you know, provide girls access to a boys’ bathroom and so forth.’
He added: ‘… But also ensure that we’re not doing anything that at any part in our government that is putting organizations that are motivated by their faith or organized around their faith from having to violate the tenants of their faith and that includes government contractors.
‘There are many government contractors and small companies who provide services to the government who are faith-based people, and they are, they are being compelled to sin by government in their business conduct. That is not something we should be supporting.’
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