SCF Statement on Marriage Decision

Alexandria, VA – Today, Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF) President and former Virginia Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, made the following statement regarding the Supreme Court decision on marriage:

“Today’s Supreme Court decision is yet another tragic case of judicial activism. Unelected and unaccountable justices should not re-write the Constitution as the Court did today. Issues not addressed in our founding document should explicitly be left up to the states and the people, as has been the case for marriage for over 200 years, including the Supreme Court’s own previous 9-0 ruling that marriage is exclusively a state matter. Unfortunately, those with no consideration for the rule of law have redefined what marriage means through judicial fiat.

“States that choose to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman should not be barred from doing so by the Supreme Court. Congress should take immediate action to defend the Constitution by passing a constitutional amendment that explicitly protects the right of states to define marriage. And for those who thought this was the end-goal of the other side, watch closely as their tyranny unfolds over the next several years, as they use this ruling as a weapon to attack religious liberty and the freedom of conscience.”

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