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Image via Wikipedia Rick Perry , the three-term Texas governor and probable GOP presidential candidate, gave social conservatives a scare Friday when he said that same-sex marriage is a decision better left up to the states.  Although avoiding the specific words, Perry implied that he would oppose (or at least not support) a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. For a man who portrays himself as a staunch social conservative, Perry  sure gave a tersely-worded quote  on the issue at an event in Aspen, Colorado : Our friends in New York six weeks ago passed a statute that said marriage can be between two people of the same sex. And you know what? That's New York, and that's their business, and that's fine with me...That is their call. If you believe in the 10th Amendment , stay out of their business. Perry's remarks came at an inopportune time. The Obama administration   decided earlier this year  to scuttle legal effor

Image via Wikipedia After stirring controversy among conservatives by saying the passage of New York ’s gay “marriage” law was “fine” with him, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has clarified that he is against the marriage law, but in favor of states’ rights on the marriage issue. “I probably needed to add a few words after that ‘it’s fine with me,’ and that it’s fine with me that a state is using their sovereign rights to decide an issue.  Obviously gay marriage is not fine with me. My stance hasn’t changed,” Perry told Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on Thursday. The rest of Perry’s interview with Perkins will be broadcast on  Washington Watch Weekly  on Friday. Perry  had made  the original marriage remarks before a crowd of GOP donors in Aspen, Colorado last week. “Our friends in New York six weeks ago passed a statute that said marriage can be between two people of the same sex. And you know what? That’s New York, and that’s their business, and that’s fine with me,” the

Image via Wikipedia Potential GOP presidential contender and Texas Governor Rick Perry has stated that while he supports defending traditional marriage as the union of a man and a woman, he believes that U.S. states must come to their own decision without interference from the federal government. “I’m pro-traditional marriage,” Perry told a group of GOP governors and donors at the Aspen Institute , in Aspen, Colorado last Friday. “The fact is, we passed a constitutional amendment in the state of Texas that says marriage is between one man and one woman.” Perry, however, noted that lawmakers in New York recently legalized same-sex “marriage,” a statute that took effect this past weekend, saying, “That’s their call.” “Our friends in New York six weeks ago passed a statute that said marriage can be between two people of the same sex. And you know what? That’s New York, and that’s their business, and that’s fine with me.” “If you believe in the 10th amendment, stay out of their bus