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Search results for "Ohio will continue to allow child marriage after push to end practice fails in legislature"

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Fact-checks (21781)

Neera Tanden stated on December 29, 2013 in a panel discussion on CNN:
"Forty percent of the country is going to be in states that are tolerant of gay marriage or at least civil unions."
By Steve Contorno• January 5, 2014
Phil Burress stated on June 26, 2013 in news story:
"Every major religion is opposed to same-sex marriage."
By Tom Feran• July 9, 2013
Alan Grayson stated on October 06, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Daniel Webster "is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home."
By Louis Jacobson, Aaron Sharockman• October 6, 2010
Bloggers stated on April 30, 2014 in in various social media posts:
"Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women."
By Amy Sherman• May 8, 2014
Jill Vogel stated on January 27, 2016 in legislative hearing.:
In Virginia, "people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old."
By Sean Gorman• February 8, 2016
John Kasich stated on December 03, 2010 in a gathering with reporters:
"I think [a little] less than half of the people in our prisons are in there for less than a year.  ... We have people who are check kiters and don't pay child support and we are locking them up in the state pen."
By Mark Naymik• December 10, 2010
Bill Johnson stated on June 27, 2013 in a news release:
Most Americans want "traditional marriage," as defined by the Defense of Marriage Act.
By Stephen Koff• July 10, 2013
Mitch McConnell stated on January 19, 2022 in in a Senate hearing:
The Freedom to Vote Act is “a sprawling takeover of our whole political system.”
By Amy Sherman• January 24, 2022
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee stated on June 05, 2024 in News release:
Republican legislatures “have targeted birth control” and in Wisconsin “refused to schedule a vote on a bill that would have codified a right to birth control.”
By Hope Karnopp• June 14, 2024
Donald Trump stated on June 18, 2016 in a Phoenix rally:
Says Hillary Clinton has been given tens of millions of dollars by countries that "treat women horribly ... and countries that kill gays."
By Anthony Cave• July 11, 2016
E. Gordon Gee stated on October 04, 2011 in a comment to a reporter:
"We are the poster child for compliance, and whenever we discover possible infractions we resolve and report it to the NCAA no matter how minor the violations."
By Aaron Marshall• October 31, 2011
Scott Walker stated on April 01, 2015 in an interview:
Says Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a law "something like," Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.    
By Tom Kertscher• April 13, 2015
Health First Wisconsin stated on November 12, 2012 in a news release:
"Wisconsin is the only state that allows parents or guardians to purchase alcohol for their children – regardless of whether that child is seven or 20 years old – at bars and restaurants."
By Dave Umhoefer• November 21, 2012
Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in an interview with NPR News:
Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling.
By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2015
Viral image stated on May 06, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo of a young girl crying alongside an ISIS member is a Christian being forced into sexual slavery as a child bride.
By Samantha Putterman• May 7, 2019
David Boies stated on April 08, 2014 in the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library:
Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 16, 2014
Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2016 in responding to an audience member's question at the Texas Tribune Festival.:
Hillary Clinton "supports unlimited abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, including partial-birth abortion, with taxpayer funding."  
By W. Gardner Selby• October 9, 2016
Bill Fischer stated on April 05, 2011 in a Providence Journal story:
"Full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 17, 2011
Lucy Flores stated on January 21, 2016 in a congressional candidate forum in Pahrump, Nev.:
Says Ruben Kihuen "only managed in the minority to get one bill passed out of the eight to 10 he introduced" during the 2015 legislative session.  
By Riley Snyder• February 8, 2016
Rick Scott stated on February 25, 2014 in public statements:
On expanding Medicaid as part of the health care law
By Amy Sherman• February 25, 2014

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Fact-checking claims about social justice, children

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Fact-checking 5 claims in the final Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• June 24, 2022

Same-sex marriage claims on the Truth-O-Meter

By April Hunt• April 28, 2015

Tracking the shift after Joe Biden’s same-sex marriage ‘epiphany’

By Matthew Crowley• March 17, 2023

A look at LGBT claims in Georgia

By April Hunt• October 7, 2015

Where Trump and Biden stand on key LGBTQ+ issues

By Grace Abels• June 18, 2024

Does Mike Pence call his wife ‘Mother’?

By John Kruzel• March 27, 2018

How closely did the tax bill resemble Trump's campaign promises?

By Louis Jacobson• January 2, 2018

Fact-checking 5 claims in the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade

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Tracking President Obama's tax promises

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 22, 2010

Mike Bloomberg’s record on stop and frisk

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PAC's newspaper ad makes multiple false claims about Obama

By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead, Katie Sanders• September 27, 2012

Romney's nuances on gay issues

By Miranda Blue, Ryan Kelly• October 5, 2007

PAC's newspaper ad filled with falsehoods

By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead, Katie Sanders• September 26, 2012

Thompson on his own, 99-1

By Wes Allison• September 12, 2007

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By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2022

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech about democracy before the 2022 midterms

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 2, 2022

Experts say Biden’s achievements are similar to recent presidents. But Democrats aren't touting them

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