NOM lawyer: Prop 8, DOMA decisions were "judicial tyranny"

“We are manufacturing the right to redefine marriage,” said John Eastman

Published June 30, 2013 3:34PM (EDT)

John Eastman, an attorney for the anti-gay marriage group the National Organization for Marriage, called the Supreme Court decisions on Proposition 8 and DOMA "judicial tyranny."

“We are manufacturing the right to redefine marriage,” Eastman said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” He added: “That’s judicial tyranny, not the kind of system we have.”

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