Newly minted 2016 GOP presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio said that even though he didn't think being gay was a choice, he didn't believe courts should be deciding the issue of same-sex marriage.
"I also don't believe that your sexual preferences are a choice for the vast and enormous majority of people," he said. "In fact, the bottom line is I believe sexual preference is something that people are born with."
Last week, Rubio also said that he would attend a gay wedding of a loved one, even if he disagreed with the "choice" that loved one had made.
“I’m not going to hurt them simply because I disagree with a choice they’ve made or because I disagree with a decision they’ve made, or whatever it may be,” Rubio said. “Ultimately, if someone that you care for and is part of your family has decided to move in one direction or another or feels that way because of who they love, you respect that because you love them.”
In the past, Rubio has distinguished between opposing same-sex marriage and being anti-gay.
"Supporting the definition of marriage as one man and one woman is not anti-gay. It is pro-traditional marriage," Rubio said last year.
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