Breaking: Senate passes Respect for Marriage Act, rejecting GOP efforts to block the bill
The bill protecting same-sex and interracial marriage returns to the House for final vote before going to Biden to sign into law.
The final bill passed 61 to 36 with Cruz and Texas Sen. John Cornyn voting against the measure, but in support of the three amendments. “With today’s bipartisan Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, the United States is on the brink of reaffirming a fundamental truth: love is love, and Americans should have the right to marry the person they love,” Biden said in a statement shortly after the vote. “For millions of Americans, this legislation will safeguard the rights and protections to which LGBTQI+ and interracial couples and their children are entitled.
Congress intensified the push for marriage equality protections after remarks by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urging justices to reconsider other due process precedents like Obergefell vs. Hodges, the landmark 2015 ruling which guaranteed same-sex marriage rights nationwide. While the bill does strengthen protections, it does not fully codify the right to marriage for same-sex couples. Gooch said there is work to be done at the state level to guarantee the right for LGBTQ people to marry in their home state moving forward.
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