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To: Golden Eagle

Asked about the topic in June 2015, Trump told Jake Tapper he was for “traditional marriage.” A few weeks later, after the Supreme Court held that all states had to recognize same-sex marriage, Trump told Howard Kurtz he would have preferred for the Court to have left states to make their own decisions but suggested that overturning the ruling was not a priority. He told The Hollywood Reporter it was a “dead issue.” But in January 2016, before the Iowa caucuses, he told Chris Wallace that he would “strongly consider” appointing justices who would overturn the ruling.

After winning the November 2016 election he said that whether he supported or opposed same-sex marriage was “irrelevant” because the Supreme Court had made its ruling, adding, “I’m fine with that.”

Everything he said during the campaign and even afterward was consistent with opposing same-sex marriage but not caring much about the topic.


75 posted on 07/03/2023 2:42:24 PM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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To: JayGalt

For the THIRD time, including my very fist post to you on this thread:

Trump hopes for reversal on same-sex-marriage

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/donald-trump-iowa-caucuses-marriage-218471

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that he disagrees with the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage and hopes that it could be changed in the future.


76 posted on 07/03/2023 2:54:02 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Ultra Conservative)
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