Governing Magazine reported on the court's decision in the marriage equality lawsuit, and quoted extensively from Calvert's arguments in court: 

St. Louis City Counselor Winston Calvert said that issuing the four marriage licenses in June "pushed the envelope on behalf of families throughout the State of Missouri who now can enjoy the dignity, stability and security of a legal marriage.

"In arguments before Burlison on Sept. 29, Calvert told the judge that marriage was a fundamental right of all citizens but that the constitutional amendment "categorically denies that right to an entire class of people."