John Kasich mentioned individuals are “probably” born gay.
The Ohio governor made the assertion after a tense trade Friday with Kelly Bryan, a 62-year-old gay voter, at a city hall occasion in San Francisco.
Bryan had requested Kasich if persons are “born gay.” The Republican presidential candidate tried to keep away from answering the query, stating “I’m not gonna get into all the analysis of this or that.” But Bryan pressed Kasich and requested once more.
“Do I think that people are, you know, born gay? Probably,” Kasich conceded, in response togoal=”_blank”>CNN. “I’ve never studied the issue. But I don’t see any reason to hurt you or to discriminate you or make you feel bad or make you feel like a second-class citizen. I don’t think that’s right.”
Kasich additionally reminded the viewers that he as soon as attended a same-sex marriage ceremony.
“I don’t agree with gay marriage,” he stated, in response to goal=”_blank”>CBS News. “[But] I went to a gay wedding. OK? I mean, that’s what I’ve done.”
When requested if LGBT individuals deserve “free, regular rights like everybody else,” Kasich responded, “Well, you have free regular rights. We’re not denying you any rights. … I’m not out to discriminate against you. I think you ought to have as good a life as anybody else.”
At the California occasion, Kasich defended his non secular beliefs and implied he doesn’t agree with so-called “religious freedom” payments, which can be utilized to justify denying companies to LGBT folks.
“In terms of me, I don’t believe in discrimination,” Kasich stated. “I think there is a balance, however, between discrimination and people’s religious liberties. But I think we should just try to, like, take a chill pill, relax, and try to get along with one another a little bit better instead of trying to write some law to solve a problem that doesn’t frankly exist in big enough numbers to justify more lawmaking.”
In April, Kasich goal=”_blank”>was criticized by the Democratic National Committee for attempting to “have it both ways” on the problem of spiritual freedom, after he instructed conservative enterprise homeowners to wish and LGBT of us spurned by these companies to “get over it.”
“Either you’re for discrimination, otherwise you’re in opposition to it,” said DNC spokesman T.J. Helmstetter.
Kasich has said goal=”_blank”>he wouldn’t have signed anti-LGBT legal guidelines like those lately enacted in North Carolina and Mississippi, however goal=”_blank”>has mentioned that as president, he wouldn’t do something to cease states from passing such laws.
