Interracial marriage Quote by Susan Denning

Traditionally, marriage is one arena where states have all but plenary power; it took until 1967 for the Supreme Court to tell states they…

— Jeff Greenfield

We are delighted with today’s State Supreme Court ruling allowing marriage equality in California. It is a true testament to advancing equality and to…

— Karen Bass

The so-called Defense of Marriage Act is a valueless tradition that, like laws against interracial marriage that were finally overturned by the Supreme Court…

— Jared Polis

“Just days before, hundreds of miles away, another couple had married, too—a white man, a black woman, who would share a most appropriate name:…

— Celeste Ng

Interracial marriages were basically legalized, but nevertheless, there was a social stigma attached to them for a long time to come. I imagine that's…

— Mark Takano

I think it was in 1971 or 1974, the Supreme Court ruled marriage is not a subject that the federal government can exercise jurisdiction…

— Ken Cuccinelli

Today, I think more than ever before, we have to speak up and speak out to end discrimination based on sexual orientation. Dr. King…

— John Lewis

There is absolutely no reason to suspect that prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize their out-of-state marriages will cause same-sex couples…

— Henry Franklin Floyd

When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? 1791? 1868, when the 14th Amendment was adopted?

— Antonin Scalia

The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our…

— Ted Olson

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

— Corrine Brown

Like the majority of Alaskans, I supported a constitutional amendment in 1998 defining marriage as only between a man and a woman, but my…

— Lisa Murkowski