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Latest Fact-Checks In Marriage

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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)."
Half-True
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