Rand Paul doesn't 'believe' in gay rights

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)

Sen. Rand Paul doesn't think the Civil Rights Act of 1964 should have prohibited private businesses from discriminating against black people, so really, nothing that comes out of his mouth should be surprising at this point. Still:

“I don’t think I’ve ever used the word gay rights, because I don’t really believe in rights based on your behavior,” the Kentucky Republican told reporters in a videotaped interview that has received little attention since it was recorded in 2013.

Says the man who has all sorts of rights based on his "behavior" of being married to a woman. While feeling that extending those rights to others through marriage equality "offends myself and a lot of other people." Just as being forced to allow black people to sit at lunch counters offended some business owners after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

So: you can have rights based on the behavior of being straight, and rights based on the behavior of wanting to discriminate against people because of the color of their skin or their sexual orientation. But if you are gay, no rights for you because that is a behavior and the libertarian-leaning senator from Kentucky does not believe in rights based on behaviors.