Sen. Marco Rubio, one of the Republican presidential hopefuls for 2016, continues to emphasize his stance against same-sex marriage and as defender of Christianity in an attempt to woo his party's conservative religious base.

In an interview with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network, Sen. Rubio claimed Christianity was under fire because the country is on a path that favors marriage equality over religious belief.

"If you think about it, we are at the water's edge of the argument that mainstream Christian teaching is hate speech," Sen. Rubio told CBN News. "Because today we've reached the point in our society where if you do not support same-sex marriage you are labeled a homophobe and a hater."

The Florida Republican continued explaining his position on what he perceives to be a backlash against Christianity, arguing Christian teachings would be the next target.

"After they are done going after individuals, the next step is to argue that the teachings of mainstream Christianity, the catechism of the Catholic Church, is hate speech and there's a real and present danger," he added.

Sen. Rubio has been in recent weeks reestablishing himself as a social conservative after he made some comments regarding the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trasngender (LGBT) community. Although he remains adamant about his opposition on same-sex marriage, he told Fusion's Jorge Ramos in April that he would attend a loved one's or a friend's wedding if they were LGBT.

He also told CBS's Bob Schieffer on "Face the Nation" that being gay is not a choice and the issue of marriage equality should be a matter for the states to decide.

However, the senator told MSNBC in April he has "never supported a federal constitutional amendment on marriage." This type of amendment would ban same-sex marriage at a constitutional level.

Although at least one Republican candidate, Carly Fiorina, opposes the amendment, many others support it, including Sen. Ted Cruz, Governor Scott Walker, and Rick Santorum. Santorum announced his intention to run on Wednesday.

During his interview with Brody, Sen. Rubio talked of his Roman Catholic faith and his journey through religion.

"In an ironic way, the more I learned about the written Word, the more I fell in love with the Roman Catholic teachings and we ended up going back to that church," he recounted, reminiscing about when he and his wife dabbled with Baptist Christian faith.

However, the Florida Republican now asserts he is a staunch Catholic.