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Latest Fact-Checks In Marriage

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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
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 2, 2015 his radio commentary
"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."
Mostly False
February 13, 2015
Ted Olson
Ted Olson
stated on January 18, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"Supreme Court 15 times over the last 120 years has said marriage is a fundamental right" and never said "it had to be between a man and a woman."
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2015
Julaine Appling
Julaine Appling
stated on January 6, 2015 a radio interview
Polls on legalizing same-sex marriage "are not dramatically changing."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 16, 2015
Tony Perkins
Tony Perkins
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2014
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."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on June 26, 2014 a fund-raising email
Says attorney general candidate Jon Richards "went so far to say he would only enforce the laws with which he personally agreed."  
False
July 16, 2014
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on April 20, 2014 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.
False
By Julie Kliegman • April 22, 2014
David Boies
David Boies
stated on April 8, 2014 the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2014 a meme on the Internet
The percentage of black children born without a father in the home has risen from 7 percent in 1964 to 73 percent today, due to changes from President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 28, 2014 a speech
"I never gave up custody of my children. I never lost custody of my children."  
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 8, 2014 a speech
Marriage "decreases the probability of child poverty by 82 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2014
Neera Tanden
Neera Tanden
stated on December 29, 2013 a panel discussion on CNN
"Forty percent of the country is going to be in states that are tolerant of gay marriage or at least civil unions."
True
By Steve Contorno • January 5, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 6, 2013 a segment on his radio show
"Obamacare is going to increase the divorce rate."
False
By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2013
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.
Half-True
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.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 18, 2013
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on July 27, 2013 a commentary on CNN
"More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on June 26, 2013 a news release
Bob Barr has changed his position on the Defense of Marriage Act over the years.
True
By Janel Davis • July 3, 2013
Lauren Benedict
Lauren Benedict
stated on June 19, 2013 a Georgia's WIN List press release
U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey wants public schools to teach women to "stay in their place."
Pants on Fire!
By Janel Davis • June 26, 2013
Mark Herring
Mark Herring
stated on June 15, 2013 a debate
On gay marriage
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • June 24, 2013
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