Marco Rubio: 'Ridiculous' to believe same-sex marriage is a constitutional right
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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.
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Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.
