Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.

Summary

This quote suggests that in forty-five states, the majority of elected representatives have chosen to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. It implies that these decisions were made by individuals who were elected by the people of their states. The quote highlights the notion that there is popular support for this traditional view of marriage in a significant majority of US states.

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