The issue focused on Wednesday's Supreme Court rulings that legalized gay marriage nationwide and legalized gay adoption nationwide. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in his opinion for the Court that federal laws regulating marriage should not be challenged by states that ban gay marriage. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in her dissent that federal laws regulating adoption should not be challenged by states that ban gay adoption. Justice Samuel Alito wrote that federal laws regulating marriage should not be challenged by states that ban gay marriage. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that federal laws regulating adoption should