Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016/Obergefell
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On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court held in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex marriage is protected under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Consequently, same-sex marriage bans were struck down as unconstitutional, and same-sex marriages performed out-of-state must be recognized in other states.[2] Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the opinion and Justices Ruth Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan joined. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito each authored a dissent.
Although the Democratic presidential candidates generally supported the legalization of same-sex marriage, the Republicans were divided by the issue. In response to Obergefell, some Republican candidates called for an amendment to the Constitution to redefine marriage, retention elections for Supreme Court justices, and greater protection of religious liberty for those who oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds.
Read what Hillary Clinton and the 2016 Democratic Party Platform said about Obergefell v. Hodges and marriage equality.
Clinton on Obergefell and marriage equality
- Speaking at a fundraiser for the Virginia Democratic Party on June 26, 2015, Hillary Clinton applauded the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and criticized the Republicans' rejection of marriage equality. Clinton said, "This morning, they all decried the Supreme Court's ruling upholding marriage equality—we even heard them call for a constitutional amendment to strip away the right to equality from our gay brothers and sisters. Instead of trying to turn back the clock, they should be joining us in saying loudly and clearly, 'No, no' to discrimination once and for all. I'm asking them, please: Don't make the rights, the hopes, of any American, a political football for this 2016 campaign."[3]
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See also
- Hillary Clinton
- Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016
- 2016 presidential candidates on transgender restroom access
Footnotes
- ↑ CNN, "Hillary Clinton launches second presidential bid," April 12, 2015
- ↑ SupremeCourt.gov, "Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14-556," June 26, 2015
- ↑ National Journal, "Hillary Clinton, Praising the Court's Marriage Decision, Pits Herself Against 'the Party of the Past,'" June 27, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Democratic Party, "The 2016 Democratic Party Platform," accessed August 23, 2016
