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Clyburn says gay marriage is a “civil right,” should not be left up to states

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the highest-ranking African-American in Congress, said Monday that gay marriage should not be left up to each individual state, the position President Obama articulated last week.

“If we consider this to be a civil right, and I do, I don’t think civil rights ought to be left up to a state-by-state approach. I think we should have a national policy on this,” he said on MSNBC’s the Daily Rundown.

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