Steve King said "I will tell you that this is not a civil right. You can look in title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and there it says race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Those things are all immutable characteristics, with the exception of religion, which is constitutionally protected. Immutable characteristics are characteristics that cannot be self-identified, but can be independently verified, and cannot be changed. That is not the case with homosexual marriage. I hear other statements. The gentleman from Maryland, 'risk undermining public faith in the courts.' It is the courts that risk undermining public faith in the courts. We are establishing public faith in the process." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 22, 2004

I will tell you that this is not a civil right. You can look in title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and there it says race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Those things are all immutable characteristics, with the exception of religion, which is constitutionally protected. Immutable characteristics are characteristics that cannot be self-identified, but can be independently verified, and cannot be changed. That is not the case with homosexual marriage. I hear other statements. The gentleman from Maryland, 'risk undermining public faith in the courts.' It is the courts that risk undermining public faith in the courts. We are establishing public faith in the process.

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Steve King

Republican · Iowa

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing civil rights and the definition of immutable characteristics in relation to homosexual marriage.

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