Press Release of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer

For Immediate Release:
December 7, 2012  
Contact:
Washington D.C. Office (202) 224-3553

Boxer Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Consider Marriage Equality  


Washington, D.C.
– U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court announced it will consider two important cases regarding marriage equality, including constitutional challenges to California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act:

“I sincerely hope that the Supreme Court finds that both of these laws – Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act – violate the promise of equal protection guaranteed by the Constitution. I believe support for marriage equality keeps growing stronger nationwide because it is a matter of fairness and justice.”

Senator Boxer was one of 14 Senators who voted against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) back in 1996, and is a cosponsor of legislation to repeal the discriminatory law.

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