As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case that may clear the way for same-sex marriage across the U.S., many lawmakers took to Twitter to express their support or dissent.
My heart is with everyone spreading messages of love on the #SCOTUS steps right now! It’s time for equality. #LoveCantWait #progress
— D Wasserman Schultz (@DWStweets) April 28, 2015
Every American should have right to marry the person they love. #SCOTUS must stand on right side of history #marriageequality #LoveCantWait
— Rep. Joe Crowley (@repjoecrowley) April 28, 2015
Historic day for #MarriageEquality at #SCOTUS. Today #LoveMustWin b/c #LoveCantWait #LGBT pic.twitter.com/UE37kfpgff
— Congressman Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) April 28, 2015
Today is a big day for #marriageequality at #SCOTUS. RT if you agree that #LoveMustWin.
— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) April 28, 2015
Important day at the Supreme Court. I’m standing with those fighting for marriage equality because #LoveCantWait. pic.twitter.com/2lI7D4FYK4
— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) April 28, 2015
Hillary Clinton changed her Twitter avatar to show her campaign logo with a rainbow pattern.
Every loving couple & family deserves to be recognized & treated equally under the law across our nation. #LoveMustWin #LoveCantWait –H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 28, 2015
Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, who supports gay marriage, also said he hoped that the Supreme Court would strike down state bans.
Americans have never solved a discrimination problem w/ more discrimination. Life comes down to who you love & who loves you back. #SCOTUS
— Mark Kirk (@SenatorKirk) April 28, 2015
A few conservatives also published tweets reiterating their opposition to gay marriage.
Marriage is from God. It is not something that can be redefined by 5 unelected judges. #1M1W #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/KTdFgXoylX
— Cong. Tim Huelskamp (@CongHuelskamp) April 28, 2015
We need to scrap Obama Care, not the definition of marriage that’s sustained mankind for 5,000 years. #1m1w #StandforMarriage
— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) April 28, 2015
Correction: This post originally stated that Sen. Mark Kirk represents Ohio. He represents Illinois.
I want every single tax exemption for religious institutions to be scrapped. I’m tired of theocrats getting to mouth off about how God did this or that. God did not create marriage. Marriage existed long before Christianity or Judaism came into existence.
odd how the comments from the conservatives are - - incoherent & essentially off topic.
Would SOMEONE please tell Huelskamp (and Santorum) that marriage is NOT from God! Marriage preceded Christianity and is not owned by his view of the world (also, some number of people don’t believe in God - his or any other - so who CARES what his God or religion believe)!
The Ayatollah Santorum,…good for a frothy laugh yet again.
So “Marriage is from God?” Which God (and yes even the Bible uses GodS in the opening statements … mankind made in OUR image)? Oh, and as I suppose the congressidiot is also Christian, so which version of Biblical marriage? The one involving incest, multiple wives, etc. etc? You’d think that if someone were going to take a stand on their religiosity, they’d bother to figure out what it is that the religion actually teaches. And before someone starts ranting about how it has evolved (Christianity and the Bible) … why hasn’t it involved in the direction of the LGBT community … because the population of the country surely has?