In a vote Thursday morning, the Home handed a invoice that may enshrine same-sex and interracial marriage in federal legislation. All Democrats voted for the invoice, as did 39 Republicans. Democrats pushed the laws after Supreme Courtroom Justice Clarence Thomas questioned the constitutionality of Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark resolution granting the precise to same-sex marriage, in his concurring opinion within the resolution hanging down Roe v. Wade.
The invoice, known as the Respect for Marriage Act, already handed within the Senate, and it now heads to the desk of President Biden, who is predicted to signal it into legislation.
Biden has come a good distance since voting for the Protection of Marriage Act, which outlined marriage because the union of 1 man and one girl, in 1996. In 2012, as vp, Biden turned the primary Obama administration official to endorse same-sex marriage.
A unique model of the invoice handed within the Home in July, earlier than the midterms. Since then, seven Republicans switched their votes from “sure” to “no,” whereas two—Reps. Mike Gallagher (Wisc.) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.)—flipped in the wrong way.
NOW: By no means in my wildest desires did I believe I’d have the distinction of presiding over the controversy on the Respect for Marriage Act.
The vote for marriage equality is an empowering second for me as the primary Afro-Latino LGBTQ Member of Congress. pic.twitter.com/BaJuOnuiDT
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) December 8, 2022
Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed the invoice in a Washington Submit opinion piece yesterday, writing, “Simply as I started my profession preventing for LGBTQ communities, I’m overjoyed that one of many closing payments I’ll signal as speaker would be the Respect for Marriage Act: making certain the federal authorities won’t ever once more stand in the best way of marrying the individual you like.”