Jindal criticises Obama, Hillary over gay marriage
BY Agencies1 July 2015 5:26 AM IST
Agencies1 July 2015 5:26 AM IST
Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has lashed out at US President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton for their views on <g data-gr-id="35">same sex</g> marriage, alleging that they evolved their views based on opinion polls.
“Both the President and Hillary evolved their views because of opinion polls. They can read opinion polls just like the Supreme Court,” said Jindal, the 13th Republican aspirant to aim for the White House in 2016 election.
“My view of marriage is based on my Christian faith. No early court’s decision is going to change that. I think marriage is between a man and a woman,” Jindal, 44, told ‘Meet the Press’ of NBC News in an interview on Sunday.
Obama has said the ruling is a victory for America while Clinton also praised the landmark decision of the US Supreme Court which legalised <g data-gr-id="36">same sex</g> marriage, holding that gay people can get married in all 50 states of the country. “I think they’re all created equal in god’s eyes. And I think we need to respect and love those we disagree with. I think we can have religious liberty without discrimination.
My views on marriage aren’t evolving with the polls. I can read polls just like the President can. It’s based on my faith. I think it should remain between a man and a woman,” he said.
Jindal said America has moved towards a much better view on race relations.
“I’ve said we need to stop viewing ourselves as hyphenated Americans. We’re not <g data-gr-id="42">African-Americans,</g> or Indian-Americans, we’re all Americans. I think viewing people by the color of their skin is the dumbest way to view people,” he said. “So, I think it’s offensive to equate evangelical Christians, Catholics, others that view marriage as between a man and a woman as being racist. We’re not racist. We love our fellow man. We think we’re all equal under god’s eyes. We simply believe marriage - we don’t believe we should change the definition of marriage simply because of opinion polls or because of a court that, quite frankly, isn’t looking at the constitution,” Jindal said.
Jindal’s popularity rating in his own home State is quite low and when asked about it, he said he does not take decisions based on opinion polls.
‘Tanned. Rested. Ready’ is Jindal’s campaign slogan
“Tanned. Rested. Ready.”
That is Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s new 2016 presidential campaign slogan and the “tanned” part is supposed to be a reference to his skin tone.
“The liberal media that developed this week was disgusting: Apparently Bobby isn’t brown enough for them,” wrote Timmy Teepell, Jindal’s campaign manager, in an email to supporters.
“Well, this will make the left even more upset. We are now selling the first limited edition t-shirt of the campaign, and I want you to know about it,” Teepell was quoted as saying by The Times-Picayune. Jindal, 44, used a similar line about being “tanned” in his official presidential campaign launched on June 24.
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