And the U.S. supreme Court said that the definition of marriage and these matters has always been left to the states and therefore the state government. And this is a very important issue. And the reason is because In South Dakota, we have always believed in traditional marriage, but there have been assaults on it in recent years. A bill was brought by Deb Peters to put this into our code a few years ago, and it is very dangerous for a number of reasons. (05:01–05:10)
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Asserts that South Dakota traditionally supports traditional marriage and has faced challenges to this belief recently.
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