Court Quote by Barack Obama

I really can't imagine how anyone could, in good conscience, oppose the proposition that the states should be able to deny the status of…

— Charles T. Canady

I do not agree that the court can or should redefine marriage.

— Carly Fiorina

A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause.

— Lisa Madigan

We hold that same sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all states.

— Anthony Kennedy

Same sex marriage must be decided by the states, and by the people in the states, not by judges and not even by legislators,…

— Liz Cheney

It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody…

— Barack Obama

To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and father of…

— Chris Kluwe

We have so much discrimination in this world - colour, race, creed, all of these things - and there is an issue here that…

— Enda Kenny

Ultimately, I think the Equal Protection Clause does guarantee same-sex marriage in all fifty states.

— Barack Obama

I wouldn't want [gay marriage] to go to the United States Supreme Court now because that homophobe Antonin Scalia has too many votes on…

— Barney Frank

The only rationale that the states put forth with any conviction-that same-sex couples and their children don't need marriage because same-sex couples can't produce…

— Richard Posner

Defendants have not explained how allowing same-sex marriage between two consenting adults will at all prevent heterosexual spouses from caring for their biological children.

— Kristine G. Baker