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Jimmy Carter believes Jesus would have approved of gay marriage
Jimmy Carter, president of the US from 1977-81, is a well-known Christian who has spoken out in support of same-sex marriage in the past.
He said this week that he believes his point of view is in line with that of Jesus despite much of the marriage equality opposition being due to people’s religious beliefs.
‘I believe Jesus would approve gay marriage, but that’s just my own personal belief,’ Carter tells HuffPost Live. ‘I think Jesus would encourage any love affair if it was honest and sincere and was not damaging to anyone else, and I don’t see that gay marriage damages anyone else.’
Carter describes himself as a born again Christian and he still teaches Sunday school classes when he’s at home in Plains, Georgia.
Even though same-sex marriage was not legal in any of the 50 states when Carter was president, he says he has ‘no problem’ with it.
‘I think everyone should have the right to get married regardless of their sex,’ he says.
But, he adds, he is not in favor ‘of the government being able to force a local church congregation to perform gay marriages if they didn’t want to.
‘But these partners should be able to go to the local courthouse or another church and get married.’
Carter is promoting his latest memoir A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety.
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Greg Hernandez
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