Podcaster Joe Rogan pushed back against critics who claim he is a “secret Republican,” making a vigorous defense of gay nuptials and criticizing elected Republicans for voting against a bill to codify the right to same-sex marriage into law.Rogan made the comments during the July 23 episode of his influential podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.
Speaking with comedian Andrew Schulz about current events, Rogan brought up the 157 Republicans who voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would require states to recognize same-sex marriages as valid.
The bill passed last Thursday, with 47 Republicans voting in favor of the measure.Rogan criticized opponents of the bill, including U.S.
Sen. Ted Cruz, who argued on his own podcast that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision knocking down state marriage bans as unconstitutional was “clearly wrong.”“It’s not just abortion rights, but now they’re going after gay marriage too, which is so strange to me,” Rogan said. “Gay marriage is not silly.