Republicans 'party of the past': Clinton

Hours after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states, Hillary Clinton told hundreds of Virginia Democrats on Friday that "Across the board, (Republicans) are the party of the past, not the future."

The Democratic frontrunner was speaking at a Jefferson Jackson fundraiser for the Virginia Democratic Party at George Mason University on a night in which she was repeatedly referred to by fellow Democrats as the next President of the United States.

"This morning, they all decried the Supreme Court's ruling," Clinton said, noting that "we even heard them call for a constitutional amendment" against same-sex marriage.

A fired-up Clinton then seemingly spoke directly at the 13 declared Republican presidential hopefuls.

"I am asking them, please, don't make the rights, the hopes, of any American into a political football for this 2016 campaign," she said. "LGBT Americans should be free not just to marry, but to live, learn and work, just like everybody else."

Republican response to the Supreme Court's decision was universally opposed, but politically mixed. Former Florida Gov Jeb Bush called for respect for the court's decision, despite opposing it. On the other side of the spectrum, Louisiana Gov Bobby Jindal said he wants to amend the Constitution to leave the decision over who can marry up to each state.

"This morning, love triumphed in the highest court in our land," Clinton said. "Equality triumphed, America triumphed."

But the former secretary of state's attacks on Republican hopefuls were not limited to same-sex marriage.

Reacting to the other landmark decision by the Supreme Court this week, Clinton said, "All the Republican candidates were furious that earlier this week the Supreme Court once again confirmed what we have all known and believed for years: (Obamacare) is settled law and it is here to stay."

"Even after two Supreme Court verdicts and a presidential election, they are still fighting to take us backwards," Clinton said, referring to the 2012 Supreme Court decision on the issue and that year's presidential election. "I think we can sum up the message from the Court and the American people: 'Move on.'"