Conscience Quote by Charles T. Canady

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

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

— Anthony Kennedy

I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to…

— Michele Bachmann

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

— Lisa Madigan

If the Court finds that there is not a state interest in discriminating and showing moral disapproval of homosexuality then we can't stop equal…

— Barack Obama

I think that every state in the union should recognize same-sex marriage.

— Cass Sunstein

I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.

— Todd Akin

By formally declaring anyone opposed to same-sex marriage an enemy of human decency, the majority arms well every challenger to a state law restricting…

— Antonin Scalia

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

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

— Barack Obama

Limiting the designation of marriage to a union 'between a man and a woman' is unconstitutional and must be stricken from the statute

— Ron George

I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages

— Barack Obama