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Tony Perkins: I don't have a fundamental right to marry anybody I want to marry. You know, I'm married. I can't marry somebody else.

On the recordJune 15, 2008
I don't have a fundamental right to marry anybody I want to marry. You know, I'm married. I can't marry somebody else.
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Tony Perkins

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Tony Perkins argues against the notion of unrestricted marriage rights, stating there are existing legal limitations.

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