Steve King: “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…”

“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.”