Michigan Gubernatorial Candidates Want Marriage Equality Overturned
All five Republican candidates for Michigan governor debated Thursday night just over a month before the Republican primary and they had plenty to say about the LGBTQ+ community.The hourlong sold-out event covered topics including drag queens, marriage equality, and God.
There was a cash bar available for attendees, Michigan Advance reports.The Brighter Michigan PAC, a right-wing political action committee, sponsored the debate.Several Republican gubernatorial candidates called for the United States Supreme Court to reopen the door to state-level bans on marriage equality allowed under the landmark 2015 ruling in Obergefell v.
Hodges.The debate included businessman Kevin Rinke, far-right activist Ryan Kelley, chiropractor Garrett Soldano, pastor Rev.
Ralph Rebandt, and conservative media personality Tudor Dixon.Soldano expressed support for same-sex "unions" in the debate but wished same-sex marriages were referred to differently due to his Catholic faith tradition's definition of marriage.After nearly 50 years of protection for abortion rights, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
