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Rand Paul: Same-sex marriage is the result of a ‘moral crisis’ in America

Rand Paul: Same-sex marriage is the result of a ‘moral crisis’ in America
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

In a video posted Thursday by the Christian Broadcasting Network, Rand Paul addressed “a group of pastors and religious leaders at a private prayer breakfast” in Washington D.C. on Thursday about the need for “revival” in America complete with “tent revivals” full of people demanding reform.

He suggested during the event that the debate about legalizing same-sex marriage is the result of a “moral crisis” in the country: “Don’t always look to Washington to solve anything. In fact, the moral crisis we have in our country, there is a role for us trying to figure out things like marriage, there’s also a moral crisis that allows people to think that there would be some sort of other marriage.”

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“We need a revival in the country,” Paul said. “We need another Great Awakening with tent revivals of thousands of people saying, ‘reform or see what’s going to happen if we don’t reform.’”

Previously, the likely presidential candidate said that gay marriage should remain banned because it “offends myself and a lot of people.”

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