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On the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court Obergefell v. Hodges ruling which enshrined marriage equality across the country, Cory Mills admitted that he still opposes gay marriage, landing himself among Florida’s “losers” last week.
See what Floridians are reading about this unsurprising but extremist hatred coming from the increasingly vulnerable Republican…
Florida Politics: Winner and Loser of the Week in Florida politics — Week of 6.22.25.
Ryan Nicol
June 29, 2025
- Dishonorable mention: Cory Mills. File this under “questionable political move,” at best.
- On the 10th anniversary of the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, which barred states from enforcing laws restricting marriage to heterosexual relationships, Mills decided to make clear that gay marriage should be illegal.
- “However, if you ask Cory as Cory, a person who believes that our Constitution was framed upon our Christian-Judeo beliefs, it is very clear that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman.”
- Are we really doing this in the year 2025?
- The gay marriage issue should be settled. Marriage brings with it many legal benefits. You can’t deny those benefits to people who happen to be attracted to members of the same sex.
- So Mills is just on the wrong side here. But again, he’s also entitled to a bad political take.
- What’s notable here is that Democrats are already targeting his seat in 2026. In a second Donald Trump term where Democrats are ready to lash out against his massive overhaul of government, Republicans will likely be on the defensive next year.
- And here is Mills just handing a motivating issue to voters. “They took away the right to choose, now Cory Mills wants to take away our right to marry the person we love.” The ads write themselves.
- This isn’t just a bad take by Mills, it’s a dumb one if he wants to give himself the best shot to keep his seat.
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