Wisconsin Lt. Governor Candidate Rebecca Kleefisch Suddenly Makes Same Sex Marriage The Election Issue; Suggests Gay Marriage Slippery Slope That Leads To Individuals Marrying Clocks Or Tables

Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin Rebecca Kleefisch, the running mate of Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker – for reasons that remain unclear – opted to make gay marriage a campaign issue less than a week before voters go to the polls, telling WVCY Radio during an interview “This is a slippery slope. In addition to that at what point are we going to be okay marrying inanimate objects? Can I marry this table or this, you know, clock? Can we marry dogs? This is ridiculous, and biblically, again, I’m going to go right back to my fundamental Christian beliefs marriage is between one man and one woman,” reports FOX6News. Appearing on FOX6’s Real Milwaukee, she said “The people of Wisconsin are against gay marriage. The people of Wisconsin spoke on this issue, as you guys are aware, in 2006, passed a constitutional amendment that said marriage is between one man and one woman.” She added that gay marriage would be a “budget buster” because of the costs associated with having to pay state same sex employee’s spousal benefits. When addressing a sparse audience of students at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, Kleefisch said comments made on the radio were taken out of context, and that “I was talking about a slippery slope and we would have to do in legislation to define and redefine what marriage is. If I sounded insensitive that’s wrong.”