Respect for Marriage Act passes the House, heads to Biden's desk
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The House passed the Respect for Marriage Act on Thursday to ensure the federal government respects marriage licenses from states that have legalized same-sex unions.
Supporters of the bill hailed it as a safety net in the event the Supreme Court reverses a ruling that says the Constitution guarantees the right of same-sex couples to get married. Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"This legislation is the latest step in House Democrats' fight to win full equality for LGBTQ Americans and forge a more perfect union that our children, and their children… all of our children deserve," outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said from the House floor Thursday.
"I find it deeply poignant, that as we prepare to bring the 117th Congress to a close, we are on the cusp of a great bipartisan moral victory in defense of a fundamental right of all Americans, a victory that will provide stability and reassurance to the millions of LGBTQ and interracial families that have come to rely on the constitutional right to marry," added House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.
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