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“The reality is we have to push back on Obergefell. If we wait too long on that Obergefell ruling to start actually sending things back up and challenging that stance that somehow we have to all get along and say that same-sex marriage is okay, it’s going to be too late at some point for us to push back.
“So, really what we want to do is challenge that concept and see if we can get to Obergefell. And I think that’s kind of what we’re pushing at all the way around the board with a bill like this is to actually go straight at Obergefell and say, ‘No, the Constitution protects my right, my freedom of speech, my freedom of expression, my freedom of religion to disagree with same-sex marriage.’
“And we can do that by moving ourselves to a point where we create fairness amongst God’s design for traditional marriage in bills kind of similar to what we’re talking about here.” – Oklahoma state Rep. David Bullard, speaking on the podcast of convicted felon Jenna Ellis.
Bullard’s bill offers a child tax credit only to married couples with “natural children” with the intent, as explicitly stated above, of drawing a legal challenge.
Bullard last appeared here in 2023 for his anti-transgender bill that cited a “millstone” bible verse which calls for drowning those who lead young people astray.
Christian nationalist Oklahoma state Sen. David Bullard admits that his legislation to provide tax credits to married couples with “natural” children is designed to “push back on Obergefell.” www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat…
— Right Wing Watch (@rightwingwatch.bsky.social) February 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Religious-right attorney Mat Staver says “we’re at a ripe time to overrule Obergefell”: “There is no so-called constitutional right in the Constitution to same-sex marriage. That’s ridiculous … Obergefell will be overturned. It’s not an if, it’s just a matter of when.”
— Right Wing Watch (@rightwingwatch.bsky.social) February 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM