{"id":4734,"date":"2011-07-25T16:48:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T20:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4734"},"modified":"2011-07-25T09:06:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T13:06:01","slug":"daily-caller-perry-says-states-rights-mean-ny-same-sex-marriage-is-up-to-new-yorkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/daily-caller-perry-says-states-rights-mean-ny-same-sex-marriage-is-up-to-new-yorkers","title":{"rendered":"Daily Caller: Perry says state&#8217;s rights mean NY same-sex marriage is up to New Yorkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though he calls himself an \u201cunapologetic social conservative,\u201d Texas Governor Rick Perry and possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate, says he\u2019s so dedicated to states\u2019 rights that the state of New York\u2019s approval of gay marriage is fine by him.<\/p>\n<p>Perry opposes same-sex marriage, but said that the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gives power not afforded to the federal government to state governments, is more important than his personal beliefs, according to the internet news site <em>The Daily Caller.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur friends in New York six weeks ago passed a statute that said marriage can be between two people of the same sex. And you know what? That\u2019s New York, and that\u2019s their business, and that\u2019s fine with me,\u201d Perry told top Republican donors in at an event in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/07\/23\/perry-loves-states-rights-so-much-he-doesnt-care-about-gay-marriage-in-ny\/#ixzz1SxJ9U6Kg\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though he calls himself an \u201cunapologetic social conservative,\u201d Texas Governor Rick Perry and possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate, says he\u2019s so dedicated to states\u2019 rights that the state of New York\u2019s approval of gay marriage is fine by him. 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