The act also protects same sex-marriages if the Supreme Court were to overturn its 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage, with Obergefell v Hodges coming under threat this summer after the overturning of Roe v Wade.
The Respect for Marriage Act is one step closer to being signed into law, requiring all states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages.The Respect for Marriage Act is one step closer to being signed into law requiring all states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages.
"For us, it was a historical win. It's an affirmation that the United States will stand up and protect the freedom for all Americans to marry the person they love," said Tony Huang, executive director of Equality California. The act also protects same sex-marriages if the Supreme Court were to overturn its 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage, with Obergefell v. Hodges coming under threat this summer after the overturning of Roe v Wade."As the Dobbs decision came out and specifically Justice Thomas called out the LGBTQ community about how Obergefell may have been wrongly decided, people were rightly concerned," said Huang.
"We need to send a constitutional amendment to the voters in 2024, get it repealed and then move forward," Wiener said.
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