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Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

Marriage has been defined by every legislature that has ever sat in the United States from every State, now 50 States, the same way, but now we have unelected judges altering and changing that fundamental institution.

Second, marriage is an issue that our Founding Fathers wisely left to the states.

Marriage is marriage. Everybody has problems.

Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.

I think that every state in the union should recognize same-sex marriage.

I do believe that the states have the right to make the definition of marriage, and each state can define it as they so choose through their elected representatives.

Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman.