Kasich: Gay People 'Probably' Born That Way

JOHN KASICH PRINTIAL MPAIGN, 2016/GAY RIGHTS
JOHN KASICH CONONTED OVER GOP’S ANTI-GAY STANCE DURG SAN FRANCIS TOWN HALL
KASICH LLS FOR BALANCE ON GAY RIGHTS, RELIG BELIEFS
WHAT JOHN KASICH WOULD TELL HIS DGHTERS IF THEY CAME OUT AS GAY
JOHN KASICH ON GAY MARRIAGE: ‘WE’RE NOT GOG TO ALLOW DISCRIMATN ON THIS’
JOHN KASICH’S GAY MARRIAGE MANVER WAS A GIFT TO THE GOP
A FLTERED JOHN KASICH ADMS PEOPLE ARE “PROBABLY” BORN GAYEVEN WH THE NOMATN ALL BUT SEWN UP FOR TMP, KASICH N’T/WON’T STOP BEG KASICH.BY CHARL BRAMMAY 1, 2016ROCKVILLE, MD - APRIL 25: REPUBLIN PRINTIAL NDIDATE AND OH GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH SPEAKS DURG A MPAIGN EVENT APRIL 25, 2016 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND. GOVERNOR KASICH NTUED TO SEEK FOR HIS PARTY??S NOMATN FOR THE GENERAL ELECTN. (PHOTO BY ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAG)GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHOUGH THE OFFICIAL PARTY NOME FOR THE UPG PRINTIAL ELECTN WON’T BE NAMED UNTIL THE RPECTIVE NVENTNS THIS SUMMER, APPEARS THAT FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLTON AND PRUMABLE HUMAN MAN DONALD TMP HAVE THE GAME SEWN UP TIGHT. BUT EVEN WH THEIR NOMATNS ALL BUT EVABLE, THAT HASN’T STOPPED THE OTHER NOME OM KEEPG ON. TED CZ EARNED A SWEETLY NSCENDG “ALRIGHT, LI’L GUY” OM THE PEOPLE OF AMERI WHEN HE CLARED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT CARLY FRA WOULD BE HIS NNG MATE THE EVENT THAT HE WS THE REPUBLIN NOMATN, AND JOHN KASICH HASN‘T ALLOWED HIS NEARLY EVABLE FAILURE TO STALL HIM ONE ME EHER.KASICH HAS GARNERED A SLIGHT BUMP POPULARY OVER THE PAST UPLE WEEKS BY PRENTG HIMSELF AS A SLIGHTLY OLER-HEAD, MORATE ALTERNATIVE TO THE SENTIENT ORANGE CYCLONE AND FORMER MUNSTERS ST MEMBER AGAST WHICH HE’S MPAIGNG. NBC NEWS HAS THE FULL REPORT OM A KASICH APPEARANCE ON FRIDAY THE QUEER-RIGHTS HUB OF SAN FRANCIS, WHERE THE NDIDATE WAS APPROPRIATELY QUTNED ABOUT HIS STANCE ON LGBTQ ISSU. KELLY BRYAN ATTEND THE EVENT AT THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA, AND POSED A SIMPLE, DIRECT QUTN TO THE NDIDATE:“DO YOU BELIEVE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN GAY?” HE ASKED. “I’M A 62-YEAR-OLD GAY MAN WHO ME OUT TO BOTH OF MY PARENTS AT 19. AND I'VE BEEN GAY FOR 45, OVER 40 YEARS. GAY PEOPLE ARE HUMAN BEGS AND NOT A LIFTYLE CHOICE. PLEASE RPOND WHOUT PRAYER BEG AN ANSWER.”AS THE NATURE AND PHRASG OF HIS QUTN MAY SUGGT, BRYAN WOULD LATER INTIFY HIMSELF AS A DEMOCRAT WH PLANS TO ST HIS VOTE FOR HILLARY CLTON, AND THE QUTN PERFORMED S SIGNED FUNCTN BY SETTG OFF NEARLY SEVEN MUT OF “HEATED BACK-AND-FORTH” BETWEEN KASICH AND HIS CHALLENGER. THOUGH THE MORATOR MA SEVERAL MOTNS TO KEEP THE BATE MOVG, KASICH SISTED UPON STICKG TO THIS POT, BEGNG BY DIRECTLY FYG BRYAN’S REQUT AND STATG, “WE’D ALL BE BETTER OFF THIS UNTRY IF WE PRAYED MORE.” KASICH THEN H THE NEXT UAL NSERVATIVE TALKG POT BAT OVER WHETHER OR NOT NON-HETEROSEXUAL AMERINS SERVE TO BE TREATED WH BASIC HUMAN CENCY, WEAVG THE SANCTY OF DIVIDUAL RELIG EEDOMS: “IN TERMS OF ME,” HE SAID, “I DON'T BELIEVE DISCRIMATN. I THK THERE IS A BALANCE, HOWEVER, BETWEEN DISCRIMATN AND PEOPLE'S RELIG LIBERTI."AFTER LLG FOR THAT PERFECT BALANCE AND REMENDG THAT AMERINS ALL “TAKE A CHILL PILL” AND “RELAX” — A DIFFICULT THG TO DO WHEN PEOPLE YOU’VE NEVER MET KEEP CHIPPG AWAY AT YOUR FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS — KASICH FALLY GOT DOWN TO BRASS TACKS. AFTER BRYAN REPEATEDLY REQUTED AN ANSWER TO HIS ORIGAL QUTN OF WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE BORN GAY, A FLTERED KASICH GAVE : “YOU KNOW, SIR, PROBABLY. I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL WORKS, OKAY? I MEAN, LOOK. ARE THEY? YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THEY ARE. OKAY?”THERE YOU HAVE , MY FELLOW AMERINS. LET THE HISTORY BOOKS SHOW THAT JOHN KASICH DO NOT KNOW HOW BEG GAY WORKS.MOST POPULARTHE TAN SUBMERSIBLE DISASTER WAS YEARS THE MAKG, NEW DETAILS REVEALBY SAN CASEYMELANIA’S TAKE ON DONALD TMP’S FOURTH INDICTMENT IS BASILLY “SUCKS TO BE YOU, PAL”: REPORTBY BS LEVTE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMBY JULIE MILLERCHARL BRAM
KASICH: GAY PEOPLE 'PROBABLY' BORN THAT WAY
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JOHN KASICH PRINTIAL MPAIGN, 2016/GAY RIGHTS

Durg his time Congrs and as Governor of Oh, John Kasich has opposed marriage equaly, basic domtic and partner benefs for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) upl. His… * kasich gay rights *

” He recently attend the weddg of a gay iend along wh Richard Hodg, the director of the Oh Department of Health, acrdg to the Oh ACLU. But a uple of years ago Kasich was fightg agast the abily for LGBT upl to get married Oh, supportg the state’s nstutnal ban on gay marriage.

(Y, that is the same Hodg who attend the gay weddg recently wh Kasich.

“You n still be nied a mortgage or service a rtrant for beg gay, ” wrote Oh State Senator Schiavoni.

JOHN KASICH CONONTED OVER GOP’S ANTI-GAY STANCE DURG SAN FRANCIS TOWN HALL

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Asked about gay rights and marriage equaly, Republin printial ndidate John Kasich said Friday that more people should take a "chill pill" and try to get along wh one another rather than turn to unwieldy legislatn. The Oh ernor appeared at a town hall hosted by the Commonwealth Club of California, where he answered qutns on issu that clud terrorism and health re as well as discrimatn agast gays and lbians. "Do I thk people are born gay? Probably. I've never studied the issue, but I don't see any reason to hurt you or discrimate (agast) you or make you feel bad or make you feel like a send-class cizen," Kasich said a spired exchange wh a gay man the dience. "I don't thk that's right. Bee you know what? Everybody's created the image of the Lord." Kasich has walked a fe le on the issue, sayg that he do not support same-sex marriage but that he also has attend a gay weddg. He said that he do not believe discrimatg agast anybody, but relig views mt also be honored. His answer partially satisfied 62-year-old San Francis rint Kelly Bryan. "I simply wanted to be answered that gay people are born gay and that is not a liftyle," he said. * kasich gay rights *

Many LGBT rights groups, such as the Human Rights Campaign, have argued that recent relig eedom laws other stat uld be ed as pretens for discrimatn agast LGBT dividuals, allowg shop owners and medil provirs to refe service to gay upl. He also exprsed disapproval when Texas overturned s anti-sodomy laws 2003, acrdg to Human Rights, who said that he was “very disappoted” after the Supreme Court’s lg on gay marriage June, announced his printial n approximately two weeks before the first official GOP bate Augt. Said he did not approve of the “gay liftyle”.

In 1996, Kasich voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which, the Akron Bean Journal wrote, “fe[d] marriage as a heterosexual unn only and lim[ed] marriage rights for gays and lbians. Kasich: “I Don’t Approve Of The Gay Liftyle.

KASICH LLS FOR BALANCE ON GAY RIGHTS, RELIG BELIEFS

But Oh, the state where he serv as ernor, still allows bs much of the state to legally refe service to gay or transgenr people. * kasich gay rights *

” On Face the Natn 1998, Kasich said that “as a man of fah, I ll tell you there’s behavr I don’t approve of, and I don’t approve of the–of the gay liftyle, but what I’ll tell you is I don’t really foc on the s; I foc on the good that people n brg to our society, and I urge my iends and they urge me to do better every sgle day.

I Don’t Believe That There Ought To Be Gay Marriag” But It Wasn’t His Job To “Conmn Them. In other words, I don’t believe that there ought to be gay marriag, but I’m not gonna n around tryg to–to put the fger on people and try to nmn them… That’s–that’s really not my job. ’ And he wasn't sure about Oh law that allows gay upl to adopt children: ‘I'm really sort of uncerta about ....

WHAT JOHN KASICH WOULD TELL HIS DGHTERS IF THEY CAME OUT AS GAY

The Oh ernor is opposed to gay marriage but attend one 2015. * kasich gay rights *

Acrdg to the Ccnati Enquirer, after Senator Rob Portman announced his change of heart on same-sex marriage after his son me out as gay, “Rob Nichols, a spokman for Oh Gov.

JOHN KASICH ON GAY MARRIAGE: ‘WE’RE NOT GOG TO ALLOW DISCRIMATN ON THIS’

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The Baltimore Sun reported: “When John Arthur and Jim Obergefell chartered a private medil jet to Maryland last month to get married -- the only safe means of transport for Arthur, who is termally ill wh Lou Gehrig's disease -- the gay uple fulfilled a last wish and set out to leave a lastg legacy.

JOHN KASICH’S GAY MARRIAGE MANVER WAS A GIFT TO THE GOP

I don’t support gay marriage. ’ ‘I’ve got iends that are gay and I’ve told them ‘Look, (same sex marriage) is jt not somethg I agree wh’ and I’m not dog out of a sense of anger or judgment, ’s jt my opn on this issue.

He oppos gay marriage and oppos changg Oh’s Constutn to allow for civil unns, ’ said Nichols.

A FLTERED JOHN KASICH ADMS PEOPLE ARE “PROBABLY” BORN GAYEVEN WH THE NOMATN ALL BUT SEWN UP FOR TMP, KASICH N’T/WON’T STOP BEG KASICH.BY CHARL BRAMMAY 1, 2016ROCKVILLE, MD - APRIL 25: REPUBLIN PRINTIAL NDIDATE AND OH GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH SPEAKS DURG A MPAIGN EVENT APRIL 25, 2016 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND. GOVERNOR KASICH NTUED TO SEEK FOR HIS PARTY??S NOMATN FOR THE GENERAL ELECTN. (PHOTO BY ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAG)GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHOUGH THE OFFICIAL PARTY NOME FOR THE UPG PRINTIAL ELECTN WON’T BE NAMED UNTIL THE RPECTIVE NVENTNS THIS SUMMER, APPEARS THAT FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLTON AND PRUMABLE HUMAN MAN DONALD TMP HAVE THE GAME SEWN UP TIGHT. BUT EVEN WH THEIR NOMATNS ALL BUT EVABLE, THAT HASN’T STOPPED THE OTHER NOME OM KEEPG ON. TED CZ EARNED A SWEETLY NSCENDG “ALRIGHT, LI’L GUY” OM THE PEOPLE OF AMERI WHEN HE CLARED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT CARLY FRA WOULD BE HIS NNG MATE THE EVENT THAT HE WS THE REPUBLIN NOMATN, AND JOHN KASICH HASN‘T ALLOWED HIS NEARLY EVABLE FAILURE TO STALL HIM ONE ME EHER.KASICH HAS GARNERED A SLIGHT BUMP POPULARY OVER THE PAST UPLE WEEKS BY PRENTG HIMSELF AS A SLIGHTLY OLER-HEAD, MORATE ALTERNATIVE TO THE SENTIENT ORANGE CYCLONE AND FORMER MUNSTERS ST MEMBER AGAST WHICH HE’S MPAIGNG. NBC NEWS HAS THE FULL REPORT OM A KASICH APPEARANCE ON FRIDAY THE QUEER-RIGHTS HUB OF SAN FRANCIS, WHERE THE NDIDATE WAS APPROPRIATELY QUTNED ABOUT HIS STANCE ON LGBTQ ISSU. KELLY BRYAN ATTEND THE EVENT AT THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA, AND POSED A SIMPLE, DIRECT QUTN TO THE NDIDATE:“DO YOU BELIEVE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN GAY?” HE ASKED. “I’M A 62-YEAR-OLD GAY MAN WHO ME OUT TO BOTH OF MY PARENTS AT 19. AND I'VE BEEN GAY FOR 45, OVER 40 YEARS. GAY PEOPLE ARE HUMAN BEGS AND NOT A LIFTYLE CHOICE. PLEASE RPOND WHOUT PRAYER BEG AN ANSWER.”AS THE NATURE AND PHRASG OF HIS QUTN MAY SUGGT, BRYAN WOULD LATER INTIFY HIMSELF AS A DEMOCRAT WH PLANS TO ST HIS VOTE FOR HILLARY CLTON, AND THE QUTN PERFORMED S SIGNED FUNCTN BY SETTG OFF NEARLY SEVEN MUT OF “HEATED BACK-AND-FORTH” BETWEEN KASICH AND HIS CHALLENGER. THOUGH THE MORATOR MA SEVERAL MOTNS TO KEEP THE BATE MOVG, KASICH SISTED UPON STICKG TO THIS POT, BEGNG BY DIRECTLY FYG BRYAN’S REQUT AND STATG, “WE’D ALL BE BETTER OFF THIS UNTRY IF WE PRAYED MORE.” KASICH THEN H THE NEXT UAL NSERVATIVE TALKG POT BAT OVER WHETHER OR NOT NON-HETEROSEXUAL AMERINS SERVE TO BE TREATED WH BASIC HUMAN CENCY, WEAVG THE SANCTY OF DIVIDUAL RELIG EEDOMS: “IN TERMS OF ME,” HE SAID, “I DON'T BELIEVE DISCRIMATN. I THK THERE IS A BALANCE, HOWEVER, BETWEEN DISCRIMATN AND PEOPLE'S RELIG LIBERTI."AFTER LLG FOR THAT PERFECT BALANCE AND REMENDG THAT AMERINS ALL “TAKE A CHILL PILL” AND “RELAX” — A DIFFICULT THG TO DO WHEN PEOPLE YOU’VE NEVER MET KEEP CHIPPG AWAY AT YOUR FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS — KASICH FALLY GOT DOWN TO BRASS TACKS. AFTER BRYAN REPEATEDLY REQUTED AN ANSWER TO HIS ORIGAL QUTN OF WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE BORN GAY, A FLTERED KASICH GAVE : “YOU KNOW, SIR, PROBABLY. I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL WORKS, OKAY? I MEAN, LOOK. ARE THEY? YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THEY ARE. OKAY?”THERE YOU HAVE , MY FELLOW AMERINS. LET THE HISTORY BOOKS SHOW THAT JOHN KASICH DO NOT KNOW HOW BEG GAY WORKS.MOST POPULARTHE TAN SUBMERSIBLE DISASTER WAS YEARS THE MAKG, NEW DETAILS REVEALBY SAN CASEYMELANIA’S TAKE ON DONALD TMP’S FOURTH INDICTMENT IS BASILLY “SUCKS TO BE YOU, PAL”: REPORTBY BS LEVTE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMBY JULIE MILLERCHARL BRAM

John Kasich reaffirmed his posn on gay marriage yterday. Acrdg to CNN: “When asked if he would attend a same-sex weddg — Kasich is opposed to gay and lbian nuptials — he said his iend jt ved him to one and he and his wife are planng to go. And I have a number of iends who are gay, OK?

” The Wall Street Journal reported that at a lunch held by the Christian Science Monor, Kasich said, “I have a number of iends who are gay, OK? ’… Kasich on Friday cled to shed light on why he felt fortable attendg a gay weddg but opposed the stutn of gay marriage broadly.