An Indiana Republican senator has come under fire after telling reporters that the Supreme Court's 1967 ruling striking down laws banning interracial marriage was wrong and the decision should be left to the states.
Senator Mike Braun, 67, made the controversial remarks during a media call on Tuesday.
Braun was asked if he was okay with the Supreme Court hypothetically overturning landmark rulings such as Loving vs.
Virginia - which found that laws banning interracial marriage violated the 14th amendment.
'Yes,' he replied. 'If you are not wanting the Supreme Court to weigh in on issues like that, you are not going to be able to have your cake and eat it too.
It's hypocritical,' Braun answered.
When pressed by the reporter again, and asked if he felt the same way about Griswold vs. Connecticut, a 1956 SCOTUS ruling that allowed married couples to use contraceptives, he reiterated his prior answer.
Braun said: 'You can list a whole host of issues, when it comes down to wherever they are, I am going to say they are not going to all make you happy within a give state.
'But they're better off having states manifest their point of view rather than homogenizing it across the country as Roe vs.
Wade did.'
Indiana GOP Senator Mike Braun came under fire after telling reporters that the Supreme Court's 1967 ruling striking down laws banning interracial marriage was wrong and the decision should be left to the states
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por Marilou Shipley (2023-07-23)
An Indiana Republican senator has come under fire after telling reporters that the Supreme Court's 1967 ruling striking down laws banning interracial marriage was wrong and the decision should be left to the states.
Senator Mike Braun, 67, made the controversial remarks during a media call on Tuesday.
Braun was asked if he was okay with the Supreme Court hypothetically overturning landmark rulings such as Loving vs.
Virginia - which found that laws banning interracial marriage violated the 14th amendment.
'Yes,' he replied. 'If you are not wanting the Supreme Court to weigh in on issues like that, you are not going to be able to have your cake and eat it too.
It's hypocritical,' Braun answered.
When pressed by the reporter again, and asked if he felt the same way about Griswold vs. Connecticut, a 1956 SCOTUS ruling that allowed married couples to use contraceptives, he reiterated his prior answer.
Braun said: 'You can list a whole host of issues, when it comes down to wherever they are, I am going to say they are not going to all make you happy within a give state.
'But they're better off having states manifest their point of view rather than homogenizing it across the country as Roe vs.
Wade did.'
Indiana GOP Senator Mike Braun came under fire after telling reporters that the Supreme Court's 1967 ruling striking down laws banning interracial marriage was wrong and the decision should be left to the states