TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie said that he believes that gays are not sinners when he was asked by CNN’s Piers Morgan if he believes homosexuality is a sin.

“I’ve always believed that people are born with the previous disposition to be homosexual. So I think if someone is born that way it’s very difficult to say that it’s a sin,” said Christie.

Christie then added that he doesn’t believe that gays should be given the freedom to marry: “I believe we can have civil unions that can help to give the same type of legal rights to same-sex couples that marriage gives them.”