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House Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill With GOP Help

Nadler said from the floor the House should pass the legislation “to dispel any concern or any uncertainty for families worried by the implications of the Dobbs decision. Even if we accept the court’s assurance in Dobbs that its decision does not call other rights into question, Congress should provide additional reassurance that marriage equality is a matter of settled law.”

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Although same-sex marriage is the focus of consideration regarding the Respect for Marriage Act, the bill’s language prohibits denial of the recognition of marriage between two people on the basis of their “sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.” The U.S. Supreme Court invalidated state bans on interracial marriage in its 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision.

By enacting DOMA in 1996, the federal government defined marriage as only between a man and a woman and protected the right of a state not to recognize a same-sex marriage that occurred in another jurisdiction. It gained passage by overwhelming votes in both chambers of Congress, and President Clinton signed it into law.

This article originally appeared at Baptist Press.