Biden promised to enact the Equality Act to guarantee LGBTQ Americans protection from discrimination, but that has stalled in the Senate.
The House and Senate passed legislation in the final weeks of 2022 that recognizes same-sex marriage. Thereplaces provisions in federal law that define marriage as between a man and a woman and recognizes any marriage between two individuals that is valid under state law.
The marriage bill passed amid fears that the U.S. Supreme Court could seek to nullify same-sex marriage. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his June concurrence in the case overturning Roe v. Wade that future cases should reconsider the court's precedents, including the 2015 case Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage. the Respect for Marriage Act. But the more expansive Equality Act legislation has languished.
David Stacy, the government affairs director for the Human Rights Campaign, said public support for LGBTQ rights continues to rise. "The bipartisan support for the Respect for Marriage Act is yet another sign that there's an increasing appetite for enshrining protections for LGBTQ people in the law," he said.We rate this promise Stalled.
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