Recently, New York passed a law allowing same-sex marriages in their state and during a speech Governor Rick Perry was faced with a question where he responded with its “fine with me.” The critics had a field day with his response because of his strong religious stance. In this Link, Gov. Rick Perry clarifies his gay comment response by stating he "probably needed to add a few words after that 'it's fine with me,' and that it's fine with me that a state is using their sovereign rights to decide an issue," Also he followed up with "Obviously, gay marriage is not fine with me. My stance hasn't changed."
According to the headlines, many critics did not welcome the statement that Governor Rick Perry pitched out and question his conservative credentials as a potential presidential candidate. Although, Governor Perry has not fully committed or announced that he will run for president. He definitely left a sour taste in many critics mouth after his opinionated comment.
Religion and politics are a sensitive subject to many folks and in this situation discussions about same-sex marriages and abortion talks are borderline awkward. Although Perry has a right to his opinion, I think we live in world where everyone strives to be equal and I do not believe by singling out groups is the way to handle these types of issues. Of course, Rick Perry had to go and “clarify” his original statement. But we live in a place where politics thrive on the voting polls, so they will say and do whatever it takes to win both side. However in this situation he lost.
As one critic states "We must destroy states' rights in order to protect states' rights. Makes perfect sense to me..." or not.
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