“Obergefell, like Roe v. Wade, ignored two centuries of our nation’s history,” Cruz said in an excerpt posted on his YouTube channel for his podcast. “Marriage has always been an issue left up to the states. We saw states before Obergefell, some states were moving to allow same-sex marriage, other states were moving to allow cohabitation. There were different standards that states were adopting.” He added: “The way the Constitution has set you up to advance that position is to convince your fellow citizens, that if you succeeded in convincing your fellow citizens, then your state would change the laws to reflect those views. In Obergefell, the court said “No, we know better than you and now every state must, must approve and allow same-sex marriage.” “I think this decision was clearly wrong when it was made,” Cruz said. “It was overstepping the bounds of the court.” His remarks come weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ruling that there was no longer a federal constitutional right to abortion. Cruz, a longtime opponent of same-sex marriage who believes the issue should be left up to the states, echoed views expressed by many conservatives, including Justice Clarence Thomas, that the Supreme Court should revisit past decisions like Obergefell v. Hodges. In a separate opinion on last month’s abortion ruling, Thomas specifically asked the court to reconsider its previous rulings striking down state restrictions on contraceptives, state bans on sodomy and state bans on same-sex marriage. “Because any substantive due process decision is “provably erroneous,” Thomas wrote, “we have a duty to “correct the error” found in those precedents.” ——-
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