Republican President-elect Donald Trump said he’s “fine” with same-sex marriage as the law of the land, calling the issue “settled” by the Supreme Court.
The comments – in his first television interview since winning the presidency – sharply contrast with his party’s orthodoxy, his running mate’s longtime position and comments the New York Republican made during the primary.
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“It’s law,” he said in an interview with CBS’ ‘60 Minutes’ that aired Sunday. “It was settled in the Supreme Court. I mean it’s done.”
“These cases have gone to the Supreme Court. They’ve been settled. And I’m – I’m fine with that,” he added.
Trump’s comments about gay marriage might come as a shock to USA evangelicals who he told while appearing on a show called The Brody File on The Christian Broadcasting Network that he wants Evangelical Christians to know they can trust him when it comes to his views on gay marriage.
More recently, Trump has been all over the map in his comments on LGBT issues. He told a lesbian reporter that he would help advance the cause of LGBT equality if elected president, and then days later told George Stephanopoulos that he would nominate anti-gay justices to the Supreme Court.
Trump also hit back at Ted Cruz after he said Trump has the same position on gay marriage as President Obama.
Trump, who has spent his life in liberal New York City, referenced gay Republicans at the Republican National Convention, and said transgender people should use whatever bathroom they feel comfortable using during his campaign.
But in the heat of the Republican presidential primary, he also said gay marriage should have been decided by the states, and said he would consider appointing judges to overrule the Supreme Court’s marriage decisions.
“I would strongly consider that, yes,” he said in a January Fox News interview.
The Figures.
According to the Washington Post, the evangelical margin between Trump and Hillary Clinton was 81-16—the widest it’s been since 2004.
In general, white evangelicals are about 20 percent of all registered voters. In Florida, evangelicals polled at 85-13 in favor of Trump. Clinton polled 4 percent less than President Obama did in 2012.
The overwhelming support by white evangelicals is likely what pushed Trump into victory, according to Five Thirty Eight.
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