SC Governor: I’d Outlaw Same-Sex Marriage If I Could

South Carolina’s Post & Courier reports:

Gov. Henry McMaster said he’d support South Carolina’s voided bans on same-sex marriage if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturned its 2015 ruling that guaranteed that right to gay couples nationwide. The statement came during the only debate between McMaster and his challenger, Democrat Joe Cunningham, as the governor made clear he still disagrees with same-sex marriage.

The Republican governor was responding to a question on whether he’d support legislation taking the existing, 26-year-old ban out of state law if the nation’s high court ever returned the legality of gay marriage to the states, as it did with abortion in its June ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. “Gay marriage in our constitution is not allowed and in state law is not allowed,” he said. “I’d follow state law whatever the state law is.”

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Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC): “Gay marriage in our constitution it is not allowed, and under our state law it is not allowed. I would follow state law … Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I think marriage ought to be between a man and a woman.” pic.twitter.com/a6H6IJ3yoU

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South Carolina’s state constitution defines marriage as between a man and woman, leading to fears over if the U.S. Supreme Court were to end the federal right to same-sex marriage in the future. https://t.co/ojqLJLSuoi

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