GOP Rep: Same Sex Marriage Is Part Of Push For Socialist Society

Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
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Speaking to a conservative radio show, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said socialists are pushing gay marriage because they have “to plow through marriage in order to get to their goal” of undermining the “foundations of individual rights and liberties.”

“Not only is it a radical social idea, it is a purely socialist concept in the final analysis,” King said, according to The Hill.

If there’s a push for a socialist society where the foundations of individual rights and liberties are undermined and everybody is thrown together living collectively off one pot of resources earned by everyone, this is one of the goals they have to go to, same sex marriage, because it has to plow through marriage in order to get to their goal. They want public affirmation, they want access to public funds and resources.

King condemned his state’s legalization of same-sex marriage and said he was worried the United States might repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which allows states to refuse to recognize same sex marriages or civil unions performed in other states.

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