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== Background ==

== Background ==

Rubio's parents came to the United States in 1956, two and a half years before the [[communist]] takeover of Cuba by [[Fidel Castro]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marco-rubios-compelling-family-story-embellishes-facts-documents-show/2011/10/20/gIQAaVHD1L_story.html]</ref>  In Florida, his father worked as a bartender, and his mother worked as a waitress.  They relocated to [[Las Vegas]] in 1979 when Marco was 8 years old, where his father worked as a bartender at Sam's Town, and his mother worked as a housekeeper at the Imperial Palace. Six years later, the Rubio family returned to Miami where Marco's father found work at the Mayfair Hotel.<ref>http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-s-young-gun-rubio-lived-in-lv-106674913.html</ref>

Rubio's parents came to the United States in 1956, two and a half years before the [[communist]] takeover of Cuba by [[Fidel Castro]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marco-rubios-compelling-family-story-embellishes-facts-documents-show/2011/10/20/gIQAaVHD1L_story.html]</ref>  In Florida, his father worked as a bartender, and his mother worked as a waitress.  They relocated to [[Las Vegas]] in 1979 when Marco was 8 years old, where his father worked as a bartender at Sam's Town, and his mother worked as a housekeeper at the Imperial Palace. Six years later, the Rubio family returned to Miami where Marco's father found work at the Mayfair Hotel.<ref>http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-s-young-gun-rubio-lived-in-lv-106674913.html</ref>

Rubio earned a bachelor of science degree from the [[University of Florida]] and a juris doctor from the [[University of Miami]]. He is married to Jeanette Dousdebes, and they have 4 children: Amanda Loren, Daniella, Anthony, and Dominick.

Rubio earned a bachelor of science degree from the [[University of Florida]] and a juris doctor from the [[University of Miami]]. He is married to Jeanette Dousdebes, and they have 4 children: Amanda Loren, Daniella, Anthony, and Dominick.

=== Creationism ===

=== Creationism ===

Rubio supports the teaching of the [[Young Earth Creationism|young earth theory]] rather than allowing [[atheist]]s and [[liberals]] to impose [[censorship]] in [[public school]].<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/268679-rubio-ok-to-teach-qmultiple-theoriesq-on-earths-age</ref>

Rubio supports the teaching of the [[Young Earth Creationism|young earth theory]] rather than allowing [[atheist]]s and [[liberals]] to impose [[censorship]] in [[public school]].<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/268679-rubio-ok-to-teach-qmultiple-theoriesq-on-earths-age</ref>

=== Foreign Policy ===

=== Foreign Policy ===

=== Muslims and Islam ===

=== Muslims and Islam ===

Marco Rubio has downplayed the threat to America posed by migrating Muslims and [[Islamic]] ideology, and has proposed a new plan for helping [[Barack Obama]] resettle Syrian refugees in the United States.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/22/marco-rubio-syrian-refugees-bring-young-old/ Marco Rubio on Syrian Refugees: Bring in the Very Young and the Very Old]</ref> During a presidential forum with [[Fox News]] host [[Megyn Kelly]], Rubio also condemned a recreational gun range that banned Muslims from their facility, and claimed, "The bottom line is there are millions of patriotic Muslim Americans."<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/25/marco-rubio-it-is-wrong-and-immoral-to-ban-muslim-americans-from-gun-ranges/ Marco Rubio: It Is ‘Wrong’ And ‘Immoral’ To Ban Muslim-Americans From Gun Ranges]</ref>

Marco Rubio has downplayed the threat to America posed by migrating Muslims and [[Islamic]] ideology, and has proposed a new plan for helping [[Barack Obama]] resettle Syrian refugees in the United States.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/22/marco-rubio-syrian-refugees-bring-young-old/ Marco Rubio on Syrian Refugees: Bring in the Very Young and the Very Old]</ref> During a presidential forum with [[Fox News]] host [[Megyn Kelly]], Rubio also condemned a recreational gun range that banned Muslims from their facility, and claimed, "The bottom line is there are millions of patriotic Muslim Americans."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/25/marco-rubio-it-is-wrong-and-immoral-to-ban-muslim-americans-from-gun-ranges/ Marco Rubio: It Is ‘Wrong’ And ‘Immoral’ To Ban Muslim-Americans From Gun Ranges]</ref>

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/ Senate Website]

*[http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/ Senate Website]

*[http://www.facebook.com/MarcoRubio Facebook page]

*[https://www.facebook.com/MarcoRubio Facebook page]

*[http://twitter.com/marcorubio Twitter page]

*[https://twitter.com/marcorubio Twitter page]

*[http://www.youtube.com/user/MarcoRubio YouTube channel]

*[https://www.youtube.com/user/MarcoRubio YouTube channel]

*[https://marcorubio.com Marco Rubio 2016 campaign website]

*[https://marcorubio.com Marco Rubio 2016 campaign website]