refuse to recognize

Those in the press who refuse to recognize this very clear choice will be among those who will suffer the most.

This would undercut Obergefell and clear the way for it to be overturned, allowing states to ban gay marriage or refuse to recognize it.

Yet those same countries refuse to recognize the existence of a Palestinian state.

Calvert voted for the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages, and in 2010 voted against the repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

They just as steadfastly refuse to recognize the enormous toll of gun violence in the United States.