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Senator Ted Cruz has argued that the US Supreme Court should never have legalized same-sex marriage.
The conservative also suggested that Republican-led states would make efforts to overturn the precedent set by the Supreme Court to protect same-sex marriage rights across the country, following their successful campaign to undo it. Roe v Wade that ended federal abortion rights.
On an episode of his podcast on Saturday, the Texas Republican argued that Obergefell’s 2015 ruling — which required all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples* and recognize same-sex marriages from other states — set a “vulnerable” precedent. .
“Obergefell, like” Roe vs Wade, ignored two centuries of our nation’s history. Marriage was always a matter left to the states. We saw states before Obergefell — some states were moving to allow same-sex marriage, other states were moving to allow civil partnerships,” Cruz said.
“Had the Court not ruled in Obergefell, the democratic process would have continued to function,” he added.
He went on to argue that the Democrats should have convinced their “fellow citizens” of their case rather than let the Court rule that “every state should approve same-sex marriage.”
“I think that decision was clearly wrong when it was made. It was the Court that went too far,” the senator continued.
The clip was posted to Cruz’s YouTube channel from an interview with former One America News Network host Liz Wheeler. The interview was for the Republican Senator’s podcast series, Wardrobe. The full episode was not immediately available.
The independent has contacted Mr. Cruz’s office for comment.
Mr Cruz’s comments are likely to have a chilling effect on progressive activists who have warned in the wake of the Roe ruling that gay marriage precedents and affirmative action could be the next target of Scotus’ conservative majority.
The end of Roe v Wade has ended 50 years of abortion rights for women in the US and has questioned the health care of many.
In one case revealed this week, a 10-year-old *victim in Ohio was forced to cross state lines into Indiana to seek abortion care.
The Supreme Court can revise Obergefell’s ruling at any time if a state passes and tries to enforce a law that prevents government officials from recognizing same-sex marriages.
Scotus destroyed Roe last month in response to a challenge filed by Mississippi officials seeking to defend a 2018 state law with the express purpose of challenging the Roe precedent.