Brian Babin: “I really appreciate the gentleman from Iowa and good friend. I appreciate recognizing my wife in the gallery as well. I…”

“I really appreciate the gentleman from Iowa and good friend. I appreciate recognizing my wife in the gallery as well. I thank the gentleman for yielding time, and I thank him for his leadership on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today deeply and bitterly disappointed and saddened by the recent actions of five unelected U.S. Supreme Court justices and their decision to defy the will of the American people and disregard the rule of law. As a strong defender of traditional marriage and State sovereignty, I believe it is absolutely wrong that five unelected members of the U.S. Supreme Court overruled tens of millions of Americans, including many in my home State, the State of Texas, who voted to enact State statutes and State constitutional amendments to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Under this ruling, five members of the Supreme Court invalidated the votes of over 50 million Americans. That is deeply disturbing and alarming. And the dissenting justices raised this very concern. Traditional marriage has been under assault as courts and some state legislatures have sought to both redefine marriage as something other than between a man and a woman. Most seriously, they are now taking action to penalize and discriminate against those who have religious and conscience convictions against the redefinition of marriage.…”