'I love all people': Mike Johnson says he doesn't remember many of his homophobic remarks

In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was asked by host Sean Hannity about past comments he's made where he said there was no clear right for gays to marry and that homosexuality was "unnatural."

"You have been getting hammered in this," Hannity said, pointing out that some of the comments were from 15 years ago.

"I don't even remember some of them," Johnson replied, adding that he was a "religious liberty defense lawyer" at the time and was called to defend cases that declared marriage should be a between a man and a woman.

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"Anybody that knows me will tell you this is true — I am a rule of law guy," Johnson said. "I made a career defending the rule of law, I respect the rule of law ... but I genuinely love all people regardless of their lifestyle choices."

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I am a Bible-believing Christian," he continued, saying that if anyone wants to know his views on any given subject, "Go pick a Bible off the shelf and read it. That's my worldview."