Sen. Rand Paul says he doesn't believe in gay rights.

[retromike22]

"I don’t think I’ve ever used the word gay rights, because I don’t really believe in rights based on your behavior,” the Kentucky Republican told reporters in a videotaped interview that has received little attention since it was recorded in 2013.

But it’s unclear how far — and to whom — Paul extends the argument that rights cannot be defined by behavior.

Practicing religion, for example, is a behavior enshrined as a primary American right. Free speech is behavior protected by the Bill of Rights.

Not a surprise, but his reasoning is unusual.

[Ebsy]

His reasoning is illogical.

[Türkisblau]

So he's now pretty much turning into a hawk and doesn't believe in gay rights. The fact that our resident libertarians still have this clown in their signatures is pretty damn laughable.

[The Free North]

The Pauls don't believe in rights based on group identities (race/sex/etc) but rather, all americans have 'rights' to liberty and freedom

Something like that I think

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The Pauls don't believe in rights based on group identities (race/sex/etc) but rather, all americans have 'rights' to liberty and freedom

Something like that I think

^^^^
Ron Paul said this exact same thing in 2012.

[King]

Moderate hero in a social conservative state word salad.

[Consciously Unconscious]

The Pauls don't believe in rights based on group identities (race/sex/etc) but rather, all americans have 'rights' to liberty and freedom

Something like that I think

I think the bigger deal here is that he believes being gay is just a behavior. 

[pbrower2a]

The late Texas oil billionaire H. L. Hunt said

"I believe in the Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules".

Rand Paul is a libertarian on what economic elites can do with wealth and bureaucratic power and an authoritarian on much else. 

[Blair]

FFS, was I always this naive on Paul? The idea that he could get young people to vote for him seems flawed if he comes out with comments like this