Via the Idaho Statesman:
Labrador addressed topics ranging from proposed tax cuts to illegal immigration and discussed his “Defending Idaho Values” plan, released earlier that day.
The Idaho Values plan includes support for “traditional marriage” between a man and a woman, enacting Stand Your Ground legislation in Idaho, ending state funding for healthcare clinics that provide abortions and the protection of religious freedoms.
“Sometimes we want to separate religion from politics, but the reality is that our values determine who we are as a nation and determine who we are as a people,” Labrador told event attendees Monday night.
“We’re kind of letting society think that it’s okay to be whatever you want to be, and it’s okay to just have no moral compass,” he said.
Freedom of religion is “under constant attack” in Idaho and elsewhere, Labrador told the Times-News in an interview after the discussion.
He emphasized his opposition to the perennial “Add the Words” campaign, which would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the state’s human rights act.
“The moment you add the words, then there will be special protections for certain groups,” he said. “And there will be a conflict between an individual’s rights and a person’s religious rights.”
If elected governor, the congressman said in a statement earlier in the day, he will “actively look for an opportunity” to challenge the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell ruling, which legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. States should be able to choose for themselves how to define marriage, Labrador said.
It really is easy.
- Pull out the 10th Amendment.
- Show me where the US Constitution grants the feds the right to define marriage.
- Can’t find it?
- The 10th Amendment says that’s delegated to the states.
- Idaho says no.
- It’s no.
#StatesRights