#Respect for Marriage Act

[scurvgirl]

I haven’t seen this on my dash so here it is. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill codifying same-sex marriage and it is now going to the Senate where there really is an actual chance of it passing. Sure, there are assholes who won’t support it, but there are Republican senators willing to support it and we need their support to get this passed. If you live in a state with a Republican senator, please call the senate office telling them that as a constituent, you support same-sex marriage and the Respect for Marriage Act.

The following senators are reported to be undecided, if one of these senators is yours, CALL!!!

Richard Burr, North Carolina

Roy Blunt, Missouri

Mike Braun, Indiana

Joni Ernst, Iowa

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

Rand Paul, Kentucky

Mitch McConnell?, Kentucky (yeah, I’m shocked the evil undead gizzard demon is in the undecided category as well but...might as well pressure the fucker)

Mitt Romney, Utah 

Mike Rounds, South Dakota (specifically Mr. Rounds is quoted as acknowledging difference between a religious marriage and a legal one, go ahead and specify that you support granting couples the legal rights and protections that are given with a legal marriage)

Rick Scott, Florida 

Dan Sullivan, Alaska (notably, Mr. Sullivan is quoted to recognize and respect the existing Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage! Pressure this man!!)

John Thune, South Dakota

Patt Toomey, Pennsylvania

Tommy Tuberville, Alabama

Todd Young, Indiana

This information was gathered from CNN on 7/21/22.

For clarification: Same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states right now based on the 2015 Supreme Court ruling. But, with the court standing as it is and with Roe being taken down, codifying same-sex marriage in law would mean that the Supreme Court would have a much, MUCH harder time stripping away the right. This is important. Marriage as a legal binding is critical to allowing spouses to visit each other in the hospital, make medical decisions, share assets, adopt and form families, and more. We need TEN Republicans to support the bill, so far there are FIVE likely supporters - we need AT LEAST FIVE MORE.

Please reblog this!!!

#us politics #respect for marriage act #same-sex marriage #queer rights #gay marriage #gay rights

[odinsblog]

This Republican representative from Missouri, Vicky Hartzler, cried at the prospect of the Respect for Marriage Act being passed. So glad to see people giving her the business for her crocodile tears.

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[gwydionmisha]

North Carolina GOP votes to censure Sen. Thom Tillis for straying from party platform

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[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

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[antinoo5]

WASHINGTON — President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 mandating federal recognition for same-sex and interracial marriages making the bill the law of the land.

#respect for marriage act

[mckitterick]

Congress Passes the Respect for Marriage Act

Both the House and the Senate have passed the Respect for Marriage Act, which codifies same-sex and interracial marriages. The bill will head to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law, which is expected to happen soon.

The legislation passed 258-169 in the House Thursday with bipartisan support, after passing through the Senate last week with a 61-36 vote. Only 12 Republican senators voted in favor of the bill (none from my state of Kansas).

Mark Takano, a California Democrat and the first openly gay person of color in Congress, said, "This bill will pass today but it is a reminder of the necessity of our vigilance in the fight for the human rights and need to hold the judicial branch accountable. We must rise to the challenge and we will prevail."

The measure was first born in the House this summer following the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson, which reversed decades of precedent and ruled that access to abortion was not a constitutional right. Marriage rights advocates and Democrats expressed concern that the reversal could call other decisions regarding civil liberties into question, including marriage equality.

In his opinion of the Dobbs case, SCOTUS creep Clarence Thomas made a point to say that the landmark 2015 case legalizing same-sex marriage, Obergefell v Hodges, rests on the same legal principles that underscored Roe v Wade. Many feared Thomas was setting the stage for Obergefell's reversal.

President Biden said, "Today, Congress took a critical step to ensure that Americans have the right to marry the person they love. The House's bipartisan passage of the Respect for Marriage Act - by a significant margin - will give peace of mind to millions of LGBTQI+ and interracial couples who are now guaranteed the rights and protections to which they and their children are entitled. While we are one step closer on our long journey to build a more perfect union, we must never stop fighting for full equality for LGBTQI+ Americans and all Americans."

As vice president, Biden publicly broke with then-President Barack Obama to voice support for same-sex marriage rights in 2012. Obama ultimately joined him.

NPR source: X

Big good news!

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[nerdygaymormon]

#respect for marriage act

[stopandimagineloveforever]

Thank you, President Biden.

December 13, 2022

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[contemplatingoutlander]

This is important bipartisan legislation that should be passed, especially in light of the threat by Clarence Thomas to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. Everyone should have a right to marry the person they love and people currently in same-sex or interracial marriages should not be afraid that their marriages could suddenly be considered null and void because of a right-wing judicial agenda. 

Millions of American families have come to rely on the promise of marriage equality and the freedoms, rights and responsibilities that come with making the commitment of marrying the one you love.

But Congress has not enshrined marriage equality for same-sex and interracial marriages into law. That is why we are working to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, bipartisan legislation that is another step forward in the United States to prevent discrimination, promote equality and protect the rights of all Americans.

Individuals in same-sex and interracial marriages need, and should have, the confidence that their marriages are legal. These loving couples should be guaranteed the same rights and freedoms of every other marriage. The American people overwhelmingly agree.

Over the past 30 years, Americans have grown more supportive of marriage equality. In 1996, less than one-third of Americans — a mere 27 percent — supported same-sex marriages. A quarter-century later, in 2022, more than 70 percent of Americans support marriage equality, including a majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents.

We all have family, friends, co-workers or neighbors who are in these marriages. These partnerships deserve fairness and the recognition, stability and rights of marriage. They are an accepted part of American life.

While a wedding ceremony and party are rites of passage that everyone should be able to enjoy if they wish, a legally binding marriage comes with another set of amazing rights and responsibilities. Married Americans are afforded tax benefits, often paying a lower rate. Married couples are able to receive earned benefits for spouses, such as Social Security, Medicare, disability and those from the armed services. Those who are legally married are able to visit their spouses when they are ill, while others are often not and are considered strangers under the law. In a dire circumstance when a spouse is incapacitated and unable to make their own medical decisions, their better half has the right and responsibility to make those tough decisions for them, as it should be.

The Respect for Marriage Act is a simple, straightforward measure, only four pages in length — it is shorter than this op-ed. The bipartisan legislation would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law that allowed states and the federal government to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages validly performed in other states. The Respect for Marriage Act would simply require the federal government to recognize a marriage if the marriage was valid in the state where it was performed. It would guarantee legal marriages are given full faith and credit, regardless of the couple’s sex, race, ethnicity or national origin. This legislation has earned bipartisan support in Congress because it grants same-sex and interracial couples the certainty that they will continue to enjoy the same equal treatment under federal law as all other married couples.

#us politics #same-sex marriage #interracial marriage #respect for marriage act #the washington post #tammy baldwin #susan collins

[poetry-protest-pornography]

The Respect for Marriage Act passed the Senate! It's expected to pass the house, too!

The RFMA will protect marriage at a federal level, regardless of sex, gender, race, or national origin, no matter what laws the state you live in passes about marriage.

#respect for marriage act #marriage equality

[odinsblog]

If they didn’t have hypocrisy, Republicans wouldn’t have any “values” at all.

And yet, Log Cabin Republicans will continue to vote Republican.

Idgi

👉🏿 https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-lawmaker-gay-sons-wedding-voting-no-same-sex-marriage-2022-7

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[thoughtportal]

TN House Passes Bill Letting Clerks Refuse Marriage Licenses to LGBTQ Couples

https://truthout.org/articles/tn-house-passes-bill-letting-clerks-refuse-marriage-licenses-to-lgbtq-couples/

The Republican-controlled Tennessee state House of Representatives voted on Monday to pass a bill that would allow county officials to deny same-sex or interracial couples marriage licenses.

House Bill 878 states that county clerks and their staff “shall not be required to solemnize a marriage if the person has an objection to solemnizing the marriage based on the person’s conscience or religious beliefs.” The bill now heads to the Senate, which will begin consideration of its passage in the chamber next week.

If the bill becomes state law, it would directly challenge federal marriage equality protections, including Supreme Court rulings and the recently-passed Respect for Marriage Act.

The Respect for Marriage Act, which passed in the last congressional session and was signed into law by President Joe Biden, requires states to recognize same-sex marriage licenses from other states but does not require them to issue same-sex marriage licenses themselves — meaning that if federal marriage equality protections are ever undone by the conservative-led Supreme Court, states would be able to deny same-sex couples the right to marry.

Federal marriage equality protections have been in place since 2015, when the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that states must grant same-sex couples the right to marry. Decades earlier, in the 1967 case Loving v. Virginia , the Court ruled that states could not ban interracial marriages.

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[ronenrubinsteinsource]

PINCH ME ! Seeya soon @POTUS @DrBiden 🥹#RespectForMarriageAct 🇺🇸

Ronen Rubinstein via Instagram Stories - December 13, 2022.

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[gwydionmisha]

#Respect for Marriage Act #Marriage Equality #Interracial Marriage #Second Class Citizens #News

[shinobicyrus]

While Democrats and well-meaning liberals were so busy congratulating themselves for passing the Respect for Marriage act, Republicans have predictably exploited the gaping holes in the bill everyone knew was there and are continuing to attack marriage equality of any kind on the basis of protecting “religious liberty” - a thing the Respect for Marriage Act goes out of its way to kowtow to.

Republicans know that passing laws that obviously discriminate against a group won’t pass muster in court. Thus, much like Texas did with their anti-abortion “let citizens sue abortion seekers” law, Tennessee wants to outsource all their discrimination to individual citizens, empowering them to take away the rights of anyone who fail to satisfy their personal values.

Just as religious conservatives spent decades chipping away at women’s bodily autonomy, they will slice and carve and re-litigate every inch of progress that’s been made until respecting human rights and dignity are merely a personal opinion someone can opt-out on.

No one is safe.

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[randyite]

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