Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday told a group of pastors and religious leaders that the debate over gay marriage was a symptom of a “moral crisis” in America and said he hoped for “another Great Awakening.”
“Don’t always look to Washington to solve anything,” Paul said during a private prayer breakfast at the Capitol Hill Club.
“In fact, the moral crisis we have in our country — there is a role for us trying to figure out things like marriage — there’s also a moral crisis that allows people to think that there would be some sort of other marriage.”
Paul said earlier this month that allowing gay marriage “offends myself and a lot of people.” He said he would prefer that homosexuals had an alternative “contract” that gave them “equivalency before the law,” while preventing same sex nuptials.
“I’ve said this before, we need a revival in the country,” Paul said on Thursday, as several in the room murmured in approval.
“We need another Great Awakening with tent revivals of thousands of people saying, ‘reform or see what’s going to happen if we don’t reform,'” he said.
Watch the video, via the Christian Broadcast Network:
Can we maybe stop hearing how young people and liberals are going to love Rand and back him over a Democrat?
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People like Rand should have thought about that 10 years ago. Civil unions were all that was hoped for. Then the bigots doubled-down on stupid. Not only did they pass unconstitutional laws banning gay marriage, the language of those laws also banned civil unions.
What we need now, according to Rand Paul, is an Inquisition! A Counter-Reformation! A Wahabist Revolution! We must turn the United States into the the Christian equivalent of ISIL and go on a Crusade against the Muslims!
I’m tired of people like Rand Paul claiming that what’s wrong with this country is some kind of moral crisis. Guess what…the degradation of the American Family is not because of a lack of Christianity, but because of a lack of jobs, job security, and pay. If Rand Paul really gave a crap about the “moral decay” of this country, he would start by proposing pay caps for industry executives, a living minimum wage for workers, punitive fines for businesses caught breaking laws and regulations; subsidizing child care for workers; raising the funds for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Food Stamps; making education free in this country; and putting an end to the Koch Brothers’ influence in politics.
Anything else is just about him wanting power.
Oh, and there’s video! Thank you sweet Jesus.
Remember how all those folks kept saying, “Well, he’s good on some issues”. Umm, yeah, until he ain’t. Even the tiniest, slightest concern tugging in the back of my mind about his possible ability to attract the young’ins just flew right on out the window. He’s done. All this desperate pandering has produced one campaign ad after another, and there’s no need for a narrator, just let Senator 80 Faces speak for himself.