Dr. Ben Carson: Being Gay Is a Choice; Just Look at Prison Inmates

CUOMO: “You think being gay is a choice?”

CARSON: “Absolutely.”

CUOMO: “Why do you say that?"

CARSON: “Because a lot of people who go into prison, go into prison straight, and when they come out they're gay. So did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question.”

CUOMO: “Most gay people never go to prison and you know there's a whole theory of dominance.”

CARSON: “Wait a minute. I said a lot of people who go in come out -- are you denying that's true?”

CUOMO: “I’m not denying that's true, but I’m denying that's a basis of understanding homosexuality."

CARSON: “If that's the case, then it obviously thwarts what you just said.”

CUOMO: “A lot of people go into jail as a drug addict and come out a criminal. Does that mean that all drug addicts are criminals?”

CARSON: “Here's what's important. Why do gay people want to get married? Because they want to have various rights, property rights, visitation rights.”