The governor suffers from the exact same problem Catholics and Protestants do: I am my own highest authority and I can pick and choose which of God's truth I agree with.

This is why He gave us the Bible. It acts just like the Constitution, except it cannot be amended. But we live in a nation whose education system has relentlessly taught the primacy of one's own desires over all others, especially God's.

It is clear that he doesn't understand the Church's teaching.

I don't think Christie "distanced" himself as you say. More like he didn't understand his Catholic faith's teachings on the matter. At worst, he fumbled the ball.

Do you understand the teaching?