Senate vote tonight passes gay marriage bill to Band-Aid
Senate vote tonight passes gay marriage bill. But same-sex marriage 'Respect for Marriage Act' is a Band-Aid. Conservative Christian bigots benefit most.
Is the current gay marriage bill a beacon of brighter days? Of, as more optimistic gays say, things “getting better”?
Or is this bill a terrible compromise rooted in our collective desperation?
We’ll soon find out as, on Tuesday, the Senate voted to pass the “Respect for Marriage Act.” The legislation now goes back to the Democratic-controlled House, where it is expected to pass, and then placed on President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature.
At best, it is a preemptive Band-Aid should the Supreme Court try to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges.
At face value, this act seems like a step forward by codifying federal same-sex and interracial marriage rights. At best, it is a preemptive Band-Aid should the Supreme Court try to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, which cited the Fourteenth Amendment to legalize same-sex marriage. If Obergefell falls, bans in 35 states would go back into effect. But already married same-sex couples would not lose their benefits, and same-sex couples could continue to get married in states where it remained legal, traveling to another state if necessary.
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