Thomas Smith: Carson Signed An Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Pledge, Compared Homosexual Relationships To Pedophilia And Bestiality, And Asked People To Consider Why “A Lot Of People Who Go Into Prison Straight And When They Come Out, They’re Gay”

Carson Said That Being Gay Was A Choice And Wanted People To Consider Why “A Lot Of People Who Go Into Prison Straight And When They Come Out, They’re Gay.” “Two months before he declared his candidacy, Carson sat down on CNN’s ‘New Day’ and in the course of the interview remarked that being gay is a choice, citing the example of people who go to prison straight and come out gay. ‘A lot of people who 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,’ he told Chris Cuomo.” [Politico, 11/6/15]

Carson Pledged To Support A Federal Constitutional Amendment That Defined Marriage As A Union Between One Man And One Woman. “Four of the 17 Republican presidential candidates have pledged to support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman, an anti-same-sex marriage group said Tuesday. The National Organization for Marriage said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson signed the group’s pledge ‘to take several specific actions as president to restore marriage to the law and protect people of faith from discrimination because of their support for traditional marriage.’” [CNN, 8/25/15]

CNN Headline: “4 GOP Candidates Sign Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Pledge.” [CNN, 8/25/15]