yes he did. he even said he did.
mainly because of his unrealistic followers who deny any aspect of reality that in any way denigrates RON THE PAUL.
bullshit.
ron paul authored a bill that would prohibit federal funding to any organization if they say that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle. he made no such provisions for heterosexuality. he clearly singled out homosexuals as a group, and an unacceptable one at that.
if he did not see people as groups, he would have simply prohibited funding from any organization that says which lifestyle is acceptable or not. instead, he singled out a GROUP.
i bet you will still come back and persist that RON THE PAUL can do no wrong.
I don't know that I have ever heard anyone say being heterosexual is a unacceptable. Almost half of the country believes that homosexuality is wrong. Myself, I don't care if people are gay. Below you will find Paul's sexual orientation legislation in his Wikipedia entry. None of that strikes me as being anti-homosexual. His opposition to most things are because they are not the governments business to begin with. Ron Paul supports everyone being treated the same, with no special privileges. I understand you do not grasp the concept of 'fair'. I think it is important, biased moderator, that when you say things of that nature, you actually quote the bills you are talking about instead of paraphrasing them in your own words. Oh... wait.. that doesn't support your opinion!
Sexual orientation legislation
Unwed parents adoption On 1999 House
appropriations bill H.R. 2587, for the government of the District of Columbia, Paul voted for four different amendments to prohibit federal funding.
[189] Of these, Amendment 356 would have prevented federal money appropriated in the bill (money "for a Federal payment to the District of Columbia to create incentives to promote the adoption of children in the District of Columbia foster care system") from being spent on "the joint adoption of a child between individuals who are not related by blood or marriage", whether
same-sex or
opposite-sex.
[190][191][192][193]
Same-sex unions Paul opposes all federal efforts to define
marriage, whether defined as a union between one man and one woman, or defined as including anything else as well. He believes that recognizing or legislating marriages should be left to the states, and not subjected to "
judicial activism".
[194] For this reason, Paul voted against the
Federal Marriage Amendment in 2004.
In 2004, he spoke in support of the
Defense of Marriage Act, passed in 1996. This act allows a state to decline to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states or countries, although a state will usually recognize legal marriages performed outside of its own jurisdiction. The Defense of Marriage Act also prohibits the U.S. government from recognizing same-sex marriages, even if a state recognizes the marriage. Paul co-sponsored the
Marriage Protection Act, which would have barred federal judges from hearing cases pertaining to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.
[194][195]
Paul has said that recognizing same-sex marriage at the federal level would be "an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty".
[196] Paul stated, "Americans understandably fear that if gay marriage is legalized in one state, all other states will be forced to accept such marriages."
[197] He says that in a best case scenario, governments would enforce contracts and grant divorces but otherwise have no say in marriage.
[198] Paul has also stated he doesn't want to interfere in the free association of two individuals in a social, sexual, and religious sense.
[199][200] Additionally, when asked if he was supportive of gay marriage Paul responded "I am supportive of all voluntary associations and people can call it whatever they want."
[199]
In 2005, Paul introduced the
We the People Act, which would have removed from the jurisdiction of federal courts "any claim based upon the right of privacy, including any such claim related to any issue of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction" and "any claim based upon equal protection of the laws to the extent such claim is based upon the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation".
[147] If made law, these provisions would remove sexual practices, and particularly
same-sex unions, from federal jurisdiction.
Same-sex marriage In a
2007 interview with
John Stossel, Paul stated that he supported the right of gay couples to marry, so long as they didn't "impose" their relationship on anyone else, on the grounds of supporting voluntary associations.
Don't ask, don't tell In the third Republican debate on June 5, 2007, Paul said about the
U.S. military's "
don't ask, don't tell" policy:
I think the current policy is a decent policy. And the problem that we have with dealing with this subject is we see people as groups, as they belong to certain groups and that they derive their rights as belonging to groups. We don't get our rights because we're gays or women or minorities. We get our rights from our Creator as individuals. So every individual should be treated the same way. So if there is homosexual behavior in the military that is disruptive, it should be dealt with. But if there's heterosexual behavior that is disruptive, it should be dealt with. So it isn't the issue of homosexuality. It's the concept and the understanding of individual rights. If we understood that, we would not be dealing with this very important problem.
[200]
Paul elaborated his position in a 65-minute interview at Google, stating that he would not discharge openly gay troops if their behavior was not disruptive.
[199]
Ultimately, Paul voted in the affirmative for HR 5136, an amendment that leads to a full repeal of "
don't ask, don't tell", on May 27, 2010.
[201] He subsequently voted for the
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 on December 18, 2010.
Paul has been a critic of the Supreme Court's
Lawrence v. Texas decision, in which
sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional under the
Fourteenth Amendment. In an essay posted to the
Lew Rockwell website, he stated his opposition to what he called ridiculous sodomy laws, but expressed his fear that federal courts were grossly violating their role of strictly interpreting the Constitution, and felt that they were setting a dangerous precedent of what he characterized as legislating from the bench, by declaring privacy in regards to sexual conduct a constitutional right. Ron Paul said:
Consider the Lawrence case decided by the Supreme Court in June. The Court determined that Texas had no right to establish its own standards for private sexual conduct, because gay sodomy is somehow protected under the 14th amendment "right to privacy". Ridiculous as sodomy laws may be, there clearly is no right to privacy nor sodomy found anywhere in the Constitution. There are, however, states' rights – rights plainly affirmed in the Ninth and Tenth amendments. Under those amendments, the State of Texas has the right to decide for itself how to regulate social matters like sex, using its own local standards.
[202]
UB as a child: 'Mom... can I have $1000 to go to a homosexual rally'
UB's mom: 'No, spending $1000 on that is irresponsible, there are bills to pay at home.'
UB as a child: 'YOU ARE A HOMOPHOBE, I HATE YOU'