Kaine says カトリック教徒 Church might change on gay marriage
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Democratic 副／悪徳行為 大統領の 指名された人 Tim Kaine is 予報するing that the Roman カトリック教徒 Church may 結局 change its 対立 to gay marriage.
Kaine is a devout Roman カトリック教徒 同様に as a U.S. 上院議員 from Virginia and a former 知事 of that 明言する／公表する. He told the Human 権利s （選挙などの）運動をする during its 国家の dinner Saturday in Washington that he had changed his mind about gay marriage and that his church may follow 控訴 one day.
"I think it's going to change because my church also teaches me about a creator who, in the first 一時期／支部 of Genesis, 調査するd the entire world, 含むing mankind, and said, 'It is very good,'" Kaine said. He then 解任するd ローマ法王 Francis' 発言／述べる that "who am I to 裁判官?" in 言及／関連 to gay priests.
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2016 とじ込み／提出する photo, Democratic 副／悪徳行為 大統領の 候補者, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. speaks during a 決起大会／結集させる at the J Douglas Galyon 倉庫・駅 in Greensboro, N.C. Kaine is 予報するing that the Roman カトリック教徒 Church may 結局 change its 対立 to gay marriage. Kaine is a devout Roman カトリック教徒 同様に as a U.S. 上院議員 from Virginia and a former 知事 of that 明言する／公表する. He told the Human 権利s （選挙などの）運動をする during its 国家の dinner Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, in Washington that he changed his mind about gay marriage in 2005 and that his church may follow 控訴 one day. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, とじ込み／提出する)
"I want to 追加する: Who am I to challenge God for the beautiful 多様制 of the human family? I think we're supposed to celebrate it, not challenge it," Kaine said.
While he 誓約（する）d to fight for 増加するd 権利s for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans, Kaine 認める that he had …に反対するd gay marriage until 2005.
"For a long time while I was 戦う／戦いing for LGBT equality, I believed that marriage was something different," he said. Virginia's 中尉／大尉／警部補 知事 when 明言する／公表する 国会議員s 押し進めるd for a 憲法の 改正 to keep marriage between one man and one woman, he 解任するd speaking to 改正 支持者s who said they hoped LGBT people would feel so unwelcome that they would move out of Virginia.
"When I heard the proponents 述べる their 動機づけs, it became clearer to me where I should stand on this," he said.
投票者s 認可するd the 改正 in 2006. The U.S. 最高裁判所 合法化するd gay marriage in all 明言する／公表するs in June 2015.
Before i ntroducing Kaine, Human 権利s （選挙などの）運動をする 大統領 Chad Griffin called 共和国の／共和党の 指名された人 Donald Trump the "gravest 脅し" the LGBTQ community has 直面するd in a 大統領の 選挙.
