The House gave final approval to legislation protecting same-sex marriages and interracial marriages. The bipartisan legislation passed the House 258-169 with almost 40 Republican votes. The Senate passed the bill last week with 12 Republican votes.
It is a relief for hundreds of thousands of couples who have married since the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized those marriages and have worried about what would happen if the ruling were overturned.which passed 258-169 with almost 40 Republican votes, would also protect interracial unions by requiring states to recognize legal marriages regardless of “sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.
Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., said he was set to marry “the love of my life” next year and that it is “unthinkable” that his marriage might not be recognized in some states if Obergefell were to be overturned. “Civil rights are not a finite resource, we do not have to take from one group to give to another,” Stewart said.. But it would require states to recognize all marriages that were legal where they were performed and it would protect current same-sex unions if the Obergefell decision were overturned.advocates may have wanted, passage of the legislation represents a watershed moment.
“I’ll tell you my priorities,” Hartzler said. “Protect religious liberty, protect people of faith and protect Americans who believe in the true meaning of marriage.” “When I think about this bill, I think about how much it matters to people in each of our lives, our family members, our coworkers, our neighbors, our friends,” Collins said.
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