Wayne Allard: “This is an important issue this country faces in how we are going to deal with marriage. It has not been an issue…”

“This is an important issue this country faces in how we are going to deal with marriage. It has not been an issue hastily brought to the floor of the Senate. There have been hearings for at least almost 10 months now on this very issue. We have had four hearings in the Judiciary Committee and the other three scattered throughout other committees, talking about the impact on children and what has happened from a socioeconomic change in countries--for example, Scandinavian countries that have recognized same-sex marriage for some time, how that has deteriorated and the fact there are so many children today born out of wedlock in those countries, whereas before that societal change happened where we define marriage, babies born out of wedlock was not such a high number. In fact, in the Scandinavian countries now, we have a greater incidence of babies born out of wedlock than are born in wedlock.”