They are going to give him absolute hell for it, but Carson's logic is absolutely valid. The argument as to whether being gay is a choice is "settled science" they claim, but this man dares to state the truth and support it with actual facts. People do choose to be gay, which re-opens the door to whether it is typically so.
And he gets it right on the issue of gay marriage; which is you need not redefine the term to give gay people who have chosen that lifestyle all the rights of someone who is heterosexual.
Good on Carson. He'll never get elected this way, but he is not caving to the pressure to change the facts out of political correctness.
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On the same day Ben Carson launched an exploratory committee to run for president in 2016, he also began making controversial comments that could follow him into the campaign. In an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo, Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and 2016 GOP hopeful, said that prison inmates provided proof that being gay is a choice.
"Absolutely," he said when Cuomo asked if he thought being gay was a choice, adding:
"A lot of people who go into prison, go into prison straight and when they come out, they're gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question." Carson said this "thwarts" the idea that being gay is not a choice, which is the prevailing opinion of the medical community. The American Psychological Association writes, "most people experience little or no sense of choice about their sexual orientation."
Carson said that it was beside the point though, because what gay couples really want is the same rights that straight couples have. He said the word "marriage" need not apply.
"Why do gay people want to get married?" Carson asked Cuomo. "Because they want to have various rights -- property rights, visitation rights. Why can't any two human beings, I don't care what their sexual orientation is, why can't they have the legal right to do those things? That does not require changing the definition of marriage."
He said these rights and restrictions on same-sex marriage should be decided by individual states. |
