[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5664-5665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                MARRIAGE

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, on this day that the Supreme Court is hearing 
oral arguments on marriage, I want to read a quote.
  I believe marriage is not just a bond but a sacred bond between a man 
and a woman . . . I am committed to the sanctity of marriage, to the 
fundamental bedrock principle that exists

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between a man and a woman, going back into the mists of history as one 
of the foundational institutions of history and humanity and 
civilization . . . its primary, principal role during those millennia 
has been the raising and socializing of children for the society into 
which they become adults . . . Every State reserves the right to refuse 
to recognize a marriage performed in another State if that marriage 
would violate the State's public policy.
  Indeed, the Supreme Court has long held that no State can be forced 
to recognize any marriage. That is what the case law has held . . . the 
Supreme Court has historically held that States do not have to 
recognize laws of other States that offend their public policy, it is 
assumed that any challenge would be futile.
  Mr. Speaker, that was Hillary Clinton in 2004. She was right.

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