Twelve
Republican Senators joined all 50 Democrats in voting for cloture on the
Respect for Marriage Act.
The
legislation would codify the Supreme Court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell that
struck down laws and constitutional amendments that defined marriage as a
heterosexual union, ushering in nationwide marriage equality. The Respect for
Marriage Act would strengthen protections on a federal level and require states
to recognize all legal out-of-state marriages.
A full vote in
the Senate could take place as early as Thursday.
In a
statement, President Joe Biden pledged to “promptly sign [the bill] into law.”
“The Respect for
Marriage Act will ensure that LGBTQI+ couples and interracial couples are
respected and protected equally under federal law, and provide more certainty
to these families since the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs,”
Biden said.
LGBTQ rights
advocates cheered Wednesday's vote.
“Today’s
strong bipartisan vote of 62-37 for cloture is an incredible victory that
cannot be taken lightly – this vote was the bill’s biggest procedural
roadblock, and now we steer our focus forward to the Senate’s final vote on this
historic legislation,” Kelley Robinson, incoming president of the Human Rights
Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest LGBTQ rights advocate, said in a
statement.
SOURCE: ON TOP MAG
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