Monday, June 1, 2015

Rick Santorum: SCOTUS "Doesn't Have The Final Word" On Same-Sex Marriage


Speaking to Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet The Press" Rick Santorum told Todd that the US Supreme Court "doesn't have the final word" on same-sex marriage.

Via NBC News:

When asked whether he would accept the Supreme Court's ruling if they legalize same-sex marriage later this year, he said he would "fight it."

"I think it's important to understand that the Supreme Court doesn't have the final word. It has its word. Its word has validity. But it's important for Congress and the president, frankly, to push back when the Supreme Court gets it wrong," said the presidential candidate on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday.

He went on to say that the country is not "bound by what nine people say in perpetuity" and that he's continued his fight against Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that affirmed a woman's right to an abortion, because he thinks "the court got it wrong."

When asked whether he thinks states should ignore the ruling if the Supreme Court does legalize same-sex marriage, Santorum responded, "I don't advocate civil disobedience. I do advocate the role of an informed citizen to try to overturn when a court makes a mistake and gets an issue wrong."

I can only imagine what Santorum would view as "push back" would be to pass an amendment to the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

Good luck with that one, Rick. Not gonna happen.

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