Criminal Justice And Human Rights Law Blog: Rand Paul: Obama's Views On Marriage Couldn't 'Get Any Gayer' - Rand Paul, the Senator who opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 during his 2010 campaign, loke his father Ron expresses the same bigotry in gay marriage. The racist is almost always a homophobe and a misogynist. The same ignorance informs their mindset.