GOP Candidate Making Headlines For Remarks On Homosexuality

Colorado Republican Senate nominee Ken Buck is earning national attention for comments he made on yesterday’s ‘Meet The Press’ program.

Buck, a conservative lawyer who has been embraced by the Tea Party, told host David Gregory that he believes being gay is a choice, but added that birth can also factor into whether or not a person is homosexual.

“You can choose who your partner is,” said Buck. “I think that birth has an influence, like alcoholism and some other things…but I think that, basically, you have a choice.”

Whether Buck’s comparison between gays and alcoholics was intended or not, Gregory peppered him on it. Buck then attempted to distance himself from the comment, saying “I wasn’t talking about being gay as a disease…I don’t think that at all.”

According to the polling website Real Clear Politics, Buck currently leads his opponent, incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet, by two points. Click here for more…