WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the state of Kansas’ request to delay same-sex marriages while litigation on the matter continues. Following the ruling Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) released the following statement:

“It is a very sad day for not only Kansas, but states across the country as they fight to defend laws passed by the people. Once again, the Supreme Court wrongly affirmed that elitist, unelected judges are permitted to impose their morality on the rest of America and destroy constitutional rights in direct contradiction to its decision in the Windsor case which explicitly acknowledged the rights of states to regulate marriage. Instead, the Court is stealing political power from the nearly three million people who reside in Kansas. Nearly ten years ago seventy percent of Kansans voted in favor of the Marriage Protection Amendment which I authored, a vote destroyed today by the seven Supreme Court Justices who refused to grant a stay.

“I agree with the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals which found in its recent decision that judges do not hold such sweeping power to overturn marriage laws, ‘Of all the ways to resolve this question, one option is not available: a poll of the three judges on this panel, or for that matter all federal judges, about whether gay marriage is a good idea. Our judicial commissions did not come with such a sweeping grant of authority, one that would allow just three of us—just two of us in truth—to make such a vital policy call for the thirty-two million citizens who live within the four States of the Sixth Circuit: Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.’”