When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage, 1791, 1868?
Antonin Scalia: “When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage, 1791, 1868?”
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Justice Scalia questions the timeline of when same-sex marriage became unconstitutional.
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