NEWS
From the Office of
110th District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 27, 2014
CONTACT: Speaker Timothy W. Jones
Speaker Tim Jones Issues Statement in Response to
Challenges to Missouri’s Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriages
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones issued the following statement in reaction to challenges to Missouri’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriages:
“For Mayor Slay, Judge Murphy, and the others involved to do this is irresponsible. As government employees, they took vows to uphold our constitution and follow our laws without prejudice. It is alarming that they think it is appropriate to willingly violate the Missouri Constitution to send a political message. The appropriate way to push for a change to our constitution is through a legislative joint resolution or an initiative petition, both of which allow the public to have the final say. In doing this, it is clear they are trying to push for a change in law to be mandated by the courts, regardless of what the people of Missouri think.”
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