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Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 11, 2024 CNN's State of the Union
JD Vance holds “anti-marriage-equality views.”
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By Grace Abels • August 16, 2024
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The states have always defined marriage."
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By Lauren Carroll • December 13, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 30, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."
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By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 31, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech at Catholic University
"Having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college."
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By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 4, 2013 a TV ad
Says Ken Cuccinelli tried to make it more difficult for mothers to obtain divorces.
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By Nancy Madsen • September 26, 2013
Barry Smitherman
Barry Smitherman
stated on August 26, 2013 prepared remarks for speech to Texas Alliance for Life
According to an article in the Economist magazine, Americans are "guaranteed" to live above the poverty line if they graduate from high school, keep their first job for over a year and get and stay married.
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 18, 2013
Charles Cooper
Charles Cooper
stated on March 26, 2013 arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court
"Very few men outlive their own fertility."
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By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2013
Alex Wan
Alex Wan
stated on December 3, 2012 a resolution
"The city of Atlanta has one of the highest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender populations per capita, ranking third among major American cities."
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By Eric Stirgus • December 7, 2012
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on March 1, 2011 a mailer
Says the Obama administration "will no longer enforce the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)."
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By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 23, 2012 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program
Says he and President Barack Obama have the same position on gay marriage.
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By Caryn Shinske • March 25, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidental primary debate
The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today."
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By Molly Moorhead • October 13, 2011
Get EQUAL Texas
Get EQUAL Texas
stated on February 9, 2011 a press release.
"Between Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas over 8,000 same-sex couples are raising children."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 14, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 25, 2010 a TV ad.
Says Daniel Webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.
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By Aaron Sharockman • September 28, 2010