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The bipartisan legislation, which passed 258-169, would also protect interracial unions by requiring states to recognize legal marriages regardless of “sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.”
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday gave its final approval to a bill that enhances legal protections for same-sex marriages. It passed with the support of a dozen Republicans who said it also protects ...
The United States Senate on Tuesday night passed the landmark Respect for Marriage Act, which will codify same-sex and interracial The post U.S. Senate passes the Respect for Marriage Act. What is ...
Interracial marriage features prominently in the Respect for Marriage Act. Interracial marriage was first legalized through the landmark supreme court case Loving v Virginia in 1967, in which the Warren court established that the laws prohibiting interracial marriage were in violation of the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the ...
Retiring Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on Wednesday supported a bill to protect federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, as the Senate attempts to pass legislation that would codify ...
The Senate on Tuesday passed landmark legislation that would codify federal protections for marriages between same-sex and interracial couples. Senate passes bill to protect same-sex and ...
[1] [4] Previously, Pody sponsored the Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act in 2019, which would have prohibited government officials from facilitating same-sex marriages. [5] The House sponsor, Rep. Monty Fritts stated, "This bill was designed to be simply and clearly to protect the rights of the officiate or officiates of wedding ceremonies."
President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act at a White House ceremony Tuesday, establishing federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. “Today is a good day,” he said.