Washington D.C. – Rep. Phillips issued the following statement on the Respect for Marriage Act, which passed at a 267-157 majority, with 47 Republicans voting in favor.

"When it comes to marriage, I stand with a majority of Americans on the side of freedom and equality,” Phillips said. “Ten years ago, Minnesotans became the first voters in the nation to block a same-sex marriage ban, and in the face of a Supreme Court threatening to encroach on that very freedom a decade later, I will do everything I can to protect same-sex and interracial marriages whenever and wherever they are under attack."

 

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