The room might denounce Trump, but his positions are front and center. Every single candidate at tonight’s debate has opposed marriage equality.
Marco Rubio: “It doesn’t exist. There is no federal constitutional right to same sex marriage. There isn’t such a right. You have to 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.” [The Brody File, 4/26/15]
Ted Cruz: “Cruz warned of the dangers of gay marriage a month after the Supreme Court decision in a July 2013 interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network. ‘If you look at other nations that have gone down the road towards gay marriage, that’s the next step where it gets enforced,’ he said. ‘It gets enforced against Christian pastors who decline to perform gay marriages, who speak out and preach biblical truths on marriage.’” [Huffington Post, 2/3/14]
Donald Trump: On CNN’s State of the Union in this past summer, Trump stated he was for “traditional marriage.”
John Kasich: Kasich opposed both same-sex marriage and civil unions.