Sen. Ted Cruz Says Supreme Court ‘Clearly Wrong’ Legalizing Same-sex Marriage
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Saturday that the Supreme Court was “clearly wrong” and “overreaching” when it legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges rules in 2015.
The remarks from Cruz, who has been open about his interest in another presidential run, came just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion.
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argued in his concurring Roe opinion that the court “should reconsider” past rulings, including Obergefell, as well as opinions that protected the right to same-sex intimacy and contraception.
Cruz, a longtime opponent of same-sex marriage, said it’s unlikely the court would reverse Obergefell, but he argued that both abortion and same-sex marriage should be left to the states.
