Jindal: I’d Back a Constitutional Amendment to Leave Marriage to the States

In the event that, this summer, the Supreme Court strikes down statutes defining marriage as between one man and one woman, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal would support an effort to allow states to define marriage as they wish. Asked about the topic this morning by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, who noted that the question has split 2016 contenders, Jindal said he would support an effort like the one proposed by Senator Ted Cruz.

Jindal is gearing up for a 2016 run himself. He spent this past Saturday at a prayer rally sponsored by the socially conservative American Family Association in Louisiana, while a number of other 2016 contenders were at the Iowa Freedom Summit.

As Eliana Johnson reported for NRO earlier this month, the Rhodes scholar and former HHS official, perhaps surprisingly, seems to be making social issues and religious values a key part of his national message.