Urges a Bill Protecting ‘Religious Rights’
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson urged Congress to pass legislation guaranteeing “religious rights” for all Americans in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage.
Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, said the court “essentially” changed the definition of marriage, which has worked well for “thousands of years.”
“The legislative branch, however, I would have thought would have been already prepared with legislation in case the Supreme Court came down with that decision, to make sure we preserve the rights, the religious rights of everybody. Not everybody agrees with their new definition of marriage, and it’s a conviction and a religious conviction,” Carson said at the National Press Club.
“They need to make sure that they protect people’s religious rights. They bring Johnny-Come-Lately, but I call upon Congress to do that now, because there are people who are losing their jobs, their livelihood and it’s not fair. That’s not what America was supposed to be.”
Carson, who wrote a new book with his wife, Candy, titled, A More Perfect Union: What We the People can Do to Reclaim our Cons..., said the legislative branch “acts more like a peanut gallery” instead of acting on issues such as religious freedom.
“They sort of sit there and watch what the others do, sometimes complain about it, but really don’t offer any resistance, because they’re afraid somebody might blame them. News flash, they’re going to get blamed anyway. So what they really ought to be thinking about is, how do they get involved and be more proactive?” he said.
Carson attempted to clarify his stance on gay rights.
“I have nothing against gay people whatsoever. I know a lot of people don’t believe that because we live in a society now where, if you don’t accept their entire agenda, then you’re a homophobe. But you know, I personally believe that any two people, regardless of sexual orientation or anything else, have the right to associate together,” he said.
“If they want to have a legal contract drawn up which allows them to share property, have hospital visitation rights, do whatever they want, absolutely. I don’t have any problem with that. That’s the kind of country that this was designed to be, live and let live. Not impose your values on everybody else and that’s the problem.”
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