Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Marriage Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Adam Schnelting stated on February 24, 2020 in an op-Ed for The Missouri Times: “Replacing marriage licenses with domestic union contracts does not alter state or federal benefits.” David Ralston stated on July 13, 2015 in an interview: There is debate among constitutional scholars about whether the First Amendment will continue to protect faith leaders from being forced to perform marriages against their religious beliefs. Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in an interview with NPR News: Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling. Rush Limbaugh stated on February 2, 2015 in his radio commentary: "A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country." David Boies stated on April 8, 2014 in the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library: Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation." Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops stated on February 19, 2013 in a committee hearing on domestic partnerships: "In other jurisdictions where (a domestic partnership registry) has been enacted, we have seen that fewer people enter into marriage." Bill Fischer stated on April 5, 2011 in a Providence Journal story: "Full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights." Mike Huckabee stated on March 4, 2011 in a post on his PAC's website: Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
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Adam Schnelting stated on February 24, 2020 in an op-Ed for The Missouri Times: “Replacing marriage licenses with domestic union contracts does not alter state or federal benefits.” David Ralston stated on July 13, 2015 in an interview: There is debate among constitutional scholars about whether the First Amendment will continue to protect faith leaders from being forced to perform marriages against their religious beliefs. Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in an interview with NPR News: Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling. Rush Limbaugh stated on February 2, 2015 in his radio commentary: "A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country." David Boies stated on April 8, 2014 in the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library: Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation." Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops stated on February 19, 2013 in a committee hearing on domestic partnerships: "In other jurisdictions where (a domestic partnership registry) has been enacted, we have seen that fewer people enter into marriage." Bill Fischer stated on April 5, 2011 in a Providence Journal story: "Full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights." Mike Huckabee stated on March 4, 2011 in a post on his PAC's website: Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
Adam Schnelting stated on February 24, 2020 in an op-Ed for The Missouri Times: “Replacing marriage licenses with domestic union contracts does not alter state or federal benefits.”
David Ralston stated on July 13, 2015 in an interview: There is debate among constitutional scholars about whether the First Amendment will continue to protect faith leaders from being forced to perform marriages against their religious beliefs.
Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in an interview with NPR News: Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling.
Rush Limbaugh stated on February 2, 2015 in his radio commentary: "A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."
David Boies stated on April 8, 2014 in the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library: Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation."
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops stated on February 19, 2013 in a committee hearing on domestic partnerships: "In other jurisdictions where (a domestic partnership registry) has been enacted, we have seen that fewer people enter into marriage."
Bill Fischer stated on April 5, 2011 in a Providence Journal story: "Full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights."
Mike Huckabee stated on March 4, 2011 in a post on his PAC's website: Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
