Marriage Scorecard true 0% 12 Checks mostly true 0% 13 Checks half true 0% 13 Checks mostly false 0% 8 Checks false 0% 17 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 10 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Marriage Instagram posts stated on January 19, 2025 in una publicación en Instagram: “El presidente Donald Trump acaba de firmar una orden ejecutiva que prohíbe la residencia permanente a inmigrantes que se casen con un ciudadano estadounidense”. By Maria Briceño • January 28, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 18, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Donald Trump has officially banned” same-sex marriage “in all 50 states in America.” By Maria Briceño • November 26, 2024 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 11, 2024 in CNN's State of the Union: JD Vance holds “anti-marriage-equality views.” By Grace Abels • August 16, 2024 Thom Tillis stated on November 29, 2022 in a vote: On supporting marriage rights for same-sex couples. By Paul Specht • January 17, 2023 Adam Schnelting stated on February 24, 2020 in an op-Ed for The Missouri Times: “Replacing marriage licenses with domestic union contracts does not alter state or federal benefits.” By Julia Garlich • March 20, 2020 Chris Salcedo stated on December 5, 2019 in a radio interview: Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages. By Taylor Goldenstein • December 17, 2019 Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Chelsea Clinton is married to George Soros’ nephew. July 25, 2019 Bloggers stated on February 23, 2017 in in a blog post: "Starbucks CEO: ‘If You Support Traditional Marriage We Don’t Want Your Business’" By Bill McCarthy • June 5, 2018 Hillary Clinton stated on November 2, 2016 in a campaign speech: Says Donald Trump "wants to undo marriage equality." By Joshua Gillin • November 3, 2016 Sean Patrick Maloney stated on July 28, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention: Donald Trump is "against marriage equality. He wants to go back." By Dan Clark • August 15, 2016 Jill Vogel stated on January 27, 2016 in legislative hearing.: In Virginia, "people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old." By Sean Gorman • February 8, 2016 Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The states have always defined marriage." By Lauren Carroll • December 13, 2015 Chuck Todd stated on September 27, 2015 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press": Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular." By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2015 David Ralston stated on July 13, 2015 in an interview: There is debate among constitutional scholars about whether the First Amendment will continue to protect faith leaders from being forced to perform marriages against their religious beliefs. By Nancy Badertscher • August 12, 2015 Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in an interview with NPR News: Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling. By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2015 Bloggers stated on July 10, 2015 in a headline on the website NewsExaminer: "Christian Pastor in Vermont Sentenced to One Year in Prison After Refusing to Marry Gay Couple" By Keely Herring • July 16, 2015 Hillary Clinton stated on March 18, 2013 in a video with the Human Rights Campaign.: On same-sex marriage. By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2015 Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2015 in a meme on a Facebook page: Says Ted Cruz said: "While there may have been an age difference, Josh Duggar’s transgressions are far less an affront to God than what gays do to each other." By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2015 Tim Cook stated on March 29, 2015 in an oped column: "Legislation being considered in Texas would strip the salaries and pensions of clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — even if the Supreme Court strikes down Texas’ marriage ban later this year." By Alex Wilts • April 15, 2015 Facebook posts stated on March 25, 2015 in an online meme: Says Ted Cruz said, "There is no place for gays or atheists in my America. None. Our Constitution makes that clear." By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2015 Load More Latest Articles What’s behind warnings about no-fault divorce under Donald Trump’s presidency? By Samantha Putterman • November 19, 2024 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech about democracy before the 2022 midterms By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2022 What states would ban same-sex marriage if the Supreme Court overturned Obergefell? By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2022 Latest promises about Marriage Barack Obama Support repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) SCOTUS ruling means last vestige of DOMA falls | June 29, 2015 Latest promises about Marriage
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