The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.
Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents.
Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.
I believe in traditional marriage and I believe in the Defense of Marriage Act.
Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.
Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is.
While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage.
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.
The defense of marriage is the defense of freedom. Neither of which is obsolete.
We need uniform protection of traditional marriage. You can't have different definitions on something as fundamental as marriage. The Marriage Protection Amendment is the only solution to this problem.