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Earlier this week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)made an about-face on defense spending. He also shifted on same-sex marriage.
Speaking to a group of pastors in Washington on Thursday, Paul said that a moral crisis is leading people to believe that same-sex marriage is acceptable.
There is a "moral crisis that allows people to think there would be some other sort of marriage," aside from traditional marriage, Paul said, according to a video from CBN News/The Brody File. Attendees included Jerry Johnson, chief executive of National Religious Broadcasters, and David Lane of the American Renewal Project.
The video and amendment that Paul put forward to boost defense spending show a sharp tack to the right from the libertarian-leaning Kentucky Republican as he moves toward an expected presidential bid announcement next month.
In an interview with CNN in October, Paul said he believes in "old-fashioned marriage," but he said that the government shouldn't be involved and that the Republican Party can "have people on both sides of the issue." When asked if he could rethink his opposition to same-sex marriage, Paul shrugged.
A spokesman for Paul said the senator's position "has not changed" and "continues to believe that marriage is an issue that should be dealt with at the state level."
Paultold the pastors that they have a role in Washington and that prayer is a part of government.
"The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government," Paul said, according to the video.
Paul also called for "another Great Awakening, with tent revivals" of people calling for reform. "Or see what's going to happen if we don't reform," he said.
Paul has been courting evangelicals ahead of the run, and is also trying to appeal to more hawkish, mainstream Republicans. Whether those groups, as well as his libertarian base, support him as he moves to the right to position himself for a presidential campaign remains to be seen.
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Rand Paul opposes GOP budget, says it's 'irresponsible' to add debt
Sen. Rand Paul used last weeks battle over the federal budget to reinforce his image as the top fiscal hawk in the 2016 presidential field, calling out his colleagues for demanding more military spending without showing how they would pay for it.
Mr. Paul closed out the Senate vote-a-rama by giving a thumbs down to the GOP budget, hours after he opened up his day on the Senate floor by ripping apart Sen. Marco Rubios push to beef up the defense budget.
It is irresponsible and dangerous to continue to put America further into debt, even for something we need, Mr. Paul said on the Senate floor. We need national defense, but we should pay for it.
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Mr. Paul and fellow presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz ended up as the only two Republicans to vote against the budget, which passed 52-46 early Friday morning after dozens of votes that divided not only the GOP and Democrats, but also exposed divisions within the Republican presidential field.
Darrell West, vice president and director of Governance Studies at the liberal-leaning Brookings Institution, said the budget votes provided more clues into how senators will approach the GOP nomination process with Mr. Paul playing up his credentials as a fiscal hawk.
He wants voters to think he has the most integrity because you cant balance the budget and increase military spending without reductions in other areas, Mr. West said.
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Mr. Rubio bolstered the notion he is running in the GOPs establishment lane, cementing his image as a defense hawk and making a play for moderate-minded voters by supporting an amendment that would block agencies from restricting speech on climate change.
His key moment came on his amendment to increase defense spending to the levels included in former Defense Secretary Robert Gates 2012 defense budget.
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Rand Paul opposes GOP budget, says it's 'irresponsible' to add debt
Rand Paul: Gay marriage debate a moral crisis
Earlier this week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)made an about-face on defense spending. He also shifted on same-sex marriage.
Speaking to a group of pastors in Washington on Thursday, Paul said that a moral crisis is leading people to believe that same-sex marriage is acceptable.
There is a "moral crisis that allows people to think there would be some other sort of marriage," aside from traditional marriage, Paul said, according to a video from CBN News/The Brody File. Attendees included Jerry Johnson, chief executive of National Religious Broadcasters, and David Lane of the American Renewal Project.
The video and amendment that Paul put forward to boost defense spending show a sharp tack to the right from the libertarian-leaning Kentucky Republican as he moves toward an expected presidential bid announcement next month.
In an interview with CNN in October, Paul said he believes in "old-fashioned marriage," but he said that the government shouldn't be involved and that the Republican Party can "have people on both sides of the issue." When asked if he could rethink his opposition to same-sex marriage, Paul shrugged.
A spokesman for Paul said the senator's position "has not changed" and "continues to believe that marriage is an issue that should be dealt with at the state level."
Paultold the pastors that they have a role in Washington and that prayer is a part of government.
"The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government," Paul said, according to the video.
Paul also called for "another Great Awakening, with tent revivals" of people calling for reform. "Or see what's going to happen if we don't reform," he said.
Paul has been courting evangelicals ahead of the run, and is also trying to appeal to more hawkish, mainstream Republicans. Whether those groups, as well as his libertarian base, support him as he moves to the right to position himself for a presidential campaign remains to be seen.