Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown has
described gay marriage in Massachusetts as “settled law.”
Gay and lesbian couples started
marrying on May 17, 2004 after the state Supreme Court ruled that the
state's ban was unconstitutional.
The debate heated up for a couple of
years as opponents attempted to overrule the court with a
constitutional amendment defining marriage as a heterosexual union.
Appearing Monday on CNN's Piers
Morgan Tonight, Brown told host Piers Morgan that gay marriage
was “settled law in Massachusetts.”
“Quite frankly, everybody's moved
on,” Brown said.
“Do people care that much?” Morgan
asked. “I mean, those who argue against it say this is the end of
civilization as we know it.”
“Certainly some people care,” Brown
answered. “And others have moved on. But they're really concerned
about how they're going to pay their mortgage. Both people, gay and
straight, they're wondering about how they're going to pay their
mortgage, are their kids and families going to come home safe as they
travel around the country and the world.”
“It's debt, deficit, taxes, spending,
jobs, national security. We've moved on. I encourage everyone else
to move on. It should be decided [on a] state by state basis. I'm
focusing on those other things.” (The video is embedded in the
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