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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

Which state’s House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution expressing their “commitment to restoring the definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman, urging the Supreme Court to reconsider the Obergefell v. Hodges decision and return authority over marriage laws to the states and their citizens”?

Hint: The resolution continues, “Obergefell relies on the dangerous fiction of treating the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution as a font of substantive rights, a doctrine that strays from the full meaning of the Constitution and exalts judges at the expense of the people from whom they derive their authority.”

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rainbow flag at Supreme Court SCOTUS gay marriage same sex marriage Obergefell v Hodges

(Photo by Ted Eytan / Flickr)

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

Which state’s House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution expressing their “commitment to restoring the definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman, urging the Supreme Court to reconsider the Obergefell v. Hodges decision and return authority over marriage laws to the states and their citizens”?

Hint: The resolution continues, “Obergefell relies on the dangerous fiction of treating the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution as a font of substantive rights, a doctrine that strays from the full meaning of the Constitution and exalts judges at the expense of the people from whom they derive their authority.”

See the answer on the next page.

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