article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder at that time said Attorney General Eric Holder department would file friend of the court briefs that 'urge the Supreme Court to make marriage equality a reality for all Americans.'
article_snippet.sent: It is time for our nation to take another critical step forward to ensure the fundamental equality of all Americans
article_snippet.sent: no matter who they are, where they come from, or whom they love,' Attorney General Eric Holder said.
article_snippet.sent: Marriage laws have always been defined by states',' Marco Rubio had told CNN host Jake Tapper.
article_snippet.sent: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added, 'I think there's still a significant number of Americans that believe that the definition of marriage should be that of one man and one woman, as it has been for thousands of years.'
article_snippet.sent: Tapper argued that 'they are a minority,' leading the Republican senator to contend that 'they're a large minority.' 'In essence, there are still parts of this country that believe that way,' Tapper said.
article_snippet.sent: Rubio later said during the interview that the United States is a republic and anyone who want to see marriage laws amended should lobby anyone who want to see marriage laws amended state legislature, not the federal government. '
article_snippet.sent: I don’t believe the court system is the appropriate way to do the court system, and I don’t believe Washington and the Supreme Court is the appropriate way to do Washington and the Supreme Court,' Rubio said.
article_snippet.sent: the Supreme Court will hear arguments on April 28 in gay marriage cases originating out of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.
article_snippet.sent: A group of 57 members of Congress earlier this month filed a friend of the court briefing asking the Supreme Court not to side with gay marriage proponents, saying, 'The relative novelty of same-sex marriage weighs against the mandatory redefinition of marriage.'