Donald Trump has yet to convince Bryan
Fischer that he's a social conservative. For one thing, Trump isn't
anti-gay enough.
The billionaire entrepreneur with one
eye on a White House run has been vying for early caucus state Iowa's
large bloc of socially conservative voters. (Along with nearly every
other Republican hopeful.)
In recent weeks, the real estate mogul
has stated that he opposes all forms of legal recognition for gay
couples, not just marriage.
On Wednesday, he
repeated his opposition to gay marriage on Fox News' The
O'Reilly Factor.
“I'm against it,” Trump told his
host. “I just don't feel good about it, I don't feel right about
it. I'm against it.”
But the American Family Association's
(AFA) Fischer says Trump “is not he guy.” One reason is he's
just not anti-gay enough.
“So I’ve got some questions for
Trump on the issue of gay marriage and the homosexual agenda,”
Fischer
wrote on in an op-ed on Friday. “Does he believe the Defense
of Marriage Act (DOMA) is constitutional? Does he believe President
Obama violated his oath of office by refusing to defend this law in
court? Does he support a federal marriage amendment that would
define marriage as a one-man, one-woman institution and prohibit
marriage counterfeits like civil unions and domestic partnerships?
Would he reverse President Obama’s decision to grant certain
spousal benefits to the sexual partners of homosexuals, contrary to
DOMA? Would he support reinstatement of the ban on open homosexual
service in the military? Would he veto the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) if it came to his desk? Would he sign
a repeal of the Hate Crimes act, which will criminalize speech that
is critical of homosexual behavior?”
Trump says “he's opposed to gay
marriage,” Fischer added. “Fine. President Obama said exactly
the same thing on the campaign trail, an we all see how that turned
out.”