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Rep. Henry Cuellar Issues Statement on Supreme Court Obergefell v. Hodges Ruling

Statement

Date: June 26, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Marriage Judicial Branch Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) issued the following statement regarding today's Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The court ruled 5-4 in favor of marriage equality:

"The Supreme Court has ruled that all Americans are entitled to marriage equality under the U.S. Constitution. Today's 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges strikes down bans on same-sex marriage and concludes that there is no lawful basis for a State to refuse recognition of a lawful same-sex marriage performed in another State. As of today, all Americans across our nation now have the equal right to marry whom they so choose. This ruling, however, and as Justice Kennedy stressed in his Majority Opinion, does not take away from the First Amendment rights of religious organizations and persons to teach the principles that are so central to their lives and faiths and to continue the family structure they have long revered."


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