Statement on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision on the State's Ban of Same Sex Marriages
November 18, 2003
Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. Today's decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court violates this important principle. I will work with congressional leaders and others to do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage.
George W. Bush, Statement on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision on the State's Ban of Same Sex Marriages Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/214524