Sen. Marco Rubio argued this week that a key component of religous liberty was allowing people space to respect “God’s rules” over the government.
In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network toward the end of his five-day swing through Iowa, Rubio pressed that religious believers are called to “ignore” laws that violate their faith.
“We are clearly called in the Bible to adhere to our civil authorities — but that conflicts with, also, our requirement to adhere to God’s rules,” Rubio said. “So when those two come into conflict, God’s rules always win.”
“In essence, if we are ever ordered by a government authority to personally violate and sin — violate God’s law and sin — if we’re ordered to stop preaching the Gospel, If we’re ordered to perform a same-sex marriage as someone presiding over it, we are called to ignore that,” Rubio said. “We cannot abide by that because government is compelling us to sin.”
The Florida senator went on to tell CBN’s David Brody that laws such as Roe v. Wade should not be considered “settled law,” saying rather that it’s “current law” and can be changed in the future.
“It’s current law; it’s not settled law,” Rubio told the host. “No law is settled. Roe v. Wade is current law, but it doesn’t mean that we don’t continue to aspire to fix it, because we think it’s wrong.”
“If you live in a society where the government creates an avenue and a way for you to peacefully change the law, then you’re called to participate in that process to try to change it,” Rubio said.
The 2016 hopeful wrapped up his Iowa swing Tuesday, along with an event in South Carolina Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, which Rubio will be spending in Miami.
