But states that are willing to provide civil rights already have, and the ones most likely to have need of the law will never pass it. So, I don’t think the decision whether to hire or fire you should be based on things from your personal life.” He then went on with that canard of deciding it at the state level, not the federal level. I do also, though, believe that your personal life should be personal and shouldn’t affect anyone firing you. “I don’t think anybody should be fired for being gay. Yesterday he was on CNN trying to do damage control, saying he could have worded it better. There appear to be lines of gay bashing that even Rand Paul realizes he can’t cross, like when he told gay people to stay in the closet if they don’t want to get fired.