Scott Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage Equality

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges:

"Today's decision should not be a surprise. When the Court declined to grant cert in Bostic v. Rainey, which overturned Virginia's same-sex marriage ban, it became clear that the Supreme Court was following a long history of consistent jurisprudence on marriage, beginning with its 1967 decision in Loving v. Virginia. The Loving Court unanimously stated marriage is one of the ‘basic civil rights of man.' And today's decision ensures that this basic right is now available to all same-sex couples no matter where they reside in our nation."

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