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Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Scott Walker: Constitutional Amendment Would Let States Decide On Gay Marriag

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he favors a constitutional amendment allowing individual states to ban same-sex marriage if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of the practice this month.

"I personally believe that marriage is between one man and one woman," Walker, a likely Republican presidential candidate said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." "If the court decides that, the only next approach is for those who are supporters of marriage being defined as between one man and one woman is ultimately to consider pursuing a constitutional amendment."

Such an amendment would allow each state to make its own decision.

Interviewer Jonathan Karl noted that Walker has in the past said the GOP ticket should be two people who have served as state governors. Pressed specifically about Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Walker said that governors are well-tested leaders, but added, "Someone like Marco Rubio, I have real confidence in."

He declined to accept the mantel of front-runner even though he has high poll numbers.

"I think [former Florida] Gov. [Jeb] Bush is probably still out there up front, because he's probably going to have more money than just about all of us combined," Walker said. "But we're feeling good."

Walker won't declare his candidacy officially until state budgets are finished at the end of this month.

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3 comments:

Steve said...

Why don't churches decide who's married or not? All the State's responsibility is to "register" the marriage as fact, anyway.

That is just plain all of it.

That's all it ever has been.

It's not a political issue on any level. It's just a registered fact.

When 2 people come together in ...




Wait for it...




HOLY MATRIMONY




Why would they call it that?

Think about that for a while, folks.

Anonymous said...

This is just rhetoric to put other changes behind the scene as usual while no senator will read it but pass it...

Anonymous said...

8:41 You answered your own question. Holy Matrimony belongs to the churches and marriage is the government civil act.
You can get married without a church being involved.