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Orrin Hatch: So long as the action of the State, either legislatively or constitutionally, does not change the definition of a…

On the recordJuly 13, 2004
So long as the action of the State, either legislatively or constitutionally, does not change the definition of a marriage as only between a man and a woman, the State would have the right to do whatever it wants to in that regard. This just merely makes it clear that nothing in the amendment requires the States to--
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the definition of marriage in relation to state rights.

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