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June 27, 2013
Sen. Ted Cruz Statement on Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Decisions: “A Regrettable Overreach Against the Will of the People”
Sen. Ted Cruz Statement on Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Decisions: “A Regrettable Overreach Against the Will of the People”
Sen. Ted Cruz’s outstanding statement released today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions on Gay Marriage:
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8:
Today’s Supreme Court decisions on marriage are a regrettable overreach against the will of the people as expressed through large, bipartisan majorities in Congress and directly through referendum in California – a markedly blue state.
Nothing in the Constitution compelled this result, and, once again, the Court has chosen to substitute its own views of public policy for the democratically expressed will of the voters.
The family is the fundamental building block of society, and I strongly support traditional marriage between one man and one woman. The voters of California made that same choice, until the courts improperly substituted their preferences for those of the people.
Our Federalism allows different states to make different policy judgments based on the values and mores of their citizens. Federal courts should respect that diversity and uphold that popular sovereignty, not impose their own policy agenda.
Wild Thing's comment ...............
Very disappointing what the Supreme Court did.
Posted by Wild Thing at June 27, 2013 12:50 AM
