Marco Rubio: 'Ridiculous' to believe same-sex marriage is a constitutional right

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) says it is "ridiculous and absurd" to argue there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

"There isn't such a right," Rubio said in a weekend interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network.

"You would have to really have a ridiculous and absurd reading of the U.S. Constitution to reach the conclusion that people have a right to marry someone of the same sex," Rubio added.

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Earlier this month, the freshman senator and 2016 candidate said that while he believed sexual preference to be an inborn trait, he still opposed same-sex marriage.