In an interview with the magazine GQ, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele expressed the views that homosexuality is not a choice and that every woman has the right to choose abortion.

The interview reads:

Do you think homosexuality is a choice?
Oh, no. I don’t think I’ve ever really subscribed to that view, that you can turn it on and off like a water tap. Um, you know, I think that there’s a whole lot that goes into the makeup of an individual that, uh, you just can’t simply say, oh, like, “Tomorrow morning I’m gonna stop being gay.” It’s like saying, “Tomorrow morning I’m gonna stop being black.”

Are you saying you think women have the right to choose abortion?
Yeah. I mean, again, I think that’s an individual choice.

Steele still expressed his opposition to marriage equality, but said that same-sex couples should be afforded some rights.

“Well, my position is, hey, look, I have been, um, supportive of a lot of my friends who are gay in some of the core things that they believe are important to them,” he said. “You know, the ability to be able to share in the information of your partner, to have the ability to—particularly in times of crisis—to manage their affairs and to help them through that as others—you know, as family members or others—would be able to do. I just draw the line at the gay marriage.”