On the recordMarch 26, 2013
We have had one kind of marriage for 2,000 years and another kind of marriage for five or 10 years.
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transcripts.cnn.comAnthony Kennedy: “We have had one kind of marriage for 2,000 years and another kind of marriage for five or 10 years.”
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Justice Kennedy questioned the equivalence of same-sex marriage to traditional marriage based on historical context.
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