Sen. Marco Rubio, who recently declared he was running for president for the Republican Party, said in a nationally broadcast interview he doesn't believe homosexuality is a choice for most.
"I don't believe that your sexual preferences are a choice for a vast and enormous majority of the people," he said, during a "Face the Nation" interview with Bob Schieffer. "The bottom line is I believe that sexual preference is something people are born with."
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At the same time, he also said he didn't support a federal mandate for "gay" marriage. Rather, states should have the right to decide the matter of "gay" marriage, he said, Mediaite reported.
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Rubio also told CBS News he still believed in the traditional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.
