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Washington mdash; The House on Thursday approved legislation that provides federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, sending the landmark bill to President Biden s desk for his signature and capping a decades-long shift in Americans atti stanley tumbler tudes toward gay marriage.Called the Respect for Marriage Act, the measure won bipartisan support in the Democratic-led House, after the lower chamber passed this summer a version of the bill with backing from 47 Republicans. The House vote to give final approval to the legislation was 258 to 169, with one Republican voting present. Thirty-nineGOP lawmakers joined all Democrats in supporting the bill.Mr. Biden said the measure s passage will provide peace off mind to LGBTQI+ and interracia stanley mug l couples now guaranteed federal protections, particularly in the wake of the Supreme Court s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade, which was the catalyst for Congress taking up the bill. Congress has restored a measure of security to millions of marriages and families. They have also provided hope and dignity to millions of young people across this country who can grow up knowing that their government will recognize and respect the families they build, he said in a statement.The measure is likely to be one of the last significant legislative accomplishments from the Democratic House, a stanley taza nd one of Speaker Nancy Pelosi s final acts as speaker, before the party turns over control of the lower chamber Hsso White House intruder Omar Gonzalez sentenced
This week, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear two landmark cases concerning same-sex marriage, momentum appears to be on the side of gay rights: A recent poll shows support for gay marriage at an all-time high; voters in Maine and Maryland approved same-sex marriage at the ballot box last November; and in the past few weeks, a slew of high-profile politicians -- including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Mark Warner, D-Va., and notably, Rob Portman, R-Ohio -- have announced their own support. But as the court prepares to hear arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act DOMA and Proposition 8, two critical cases governing the laws surrounding same-sex marriage, its opponents, however diminishi stanley termoska ng in numbers, remain defiant in their beliefs -- and committed as ever to making them heard. We will never go away. We will never stop fighting for the t stanley quencher ruth about marriage, said Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage NOM , in an interview with CBSNews. If the court recognizes same-sex marriage, it will launch another culture war. Same-sex marriage: Which Supreme Court case is more important Obama: If I were on Supreme Court, I d defend same-sex marriageThe legal arguments against same-sex marriage -- a stanley cup s expressed in a number of briefs filed by its opponents in the DOMA and Prop. 8 cases -- range from concerns about religious freedom; to originalist claims about the intent of the founding fathers; to the less co |
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