Normally Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, opposes same-sex marriage simply because of his social conservative stance on things. That alone is enough for the congressman to take a particularly strong stance on the issue — after his state’s Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, he worried that Iowa would become “the gay marriage Mecca.”
But King’s got a creative new reason for his position. Via The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room, some comments King made on conservative radio Wednesday:
If there’s a push for a socialist society where the foundations of individual rights and liberties are undermined and everybody is thrown together living collectively off one pot of resources earned by everyone, this is one of the goals they have to go to, same sex marriage, because it has to plow through marriage in order to get to their goal. They want public affirmation, they want access to public funds and resources.
