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Let’s start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats come together to protect the same sex marriage of the Supreme Court.
Respect for Marriage Act Codifies marriages and took place in the midst of concerns among the Democrats as the same conservative majority of the Supreme Court which has removed the law of abortion will target homosexual marriage in the future.
The version that overcome a filibuster in the Senate adopted the Senate on Tuesday. A dozen republican senators from all over the country voted with democrats before Thanksgiving to limit the debate and head for a final vote.
In relation: Meet the 12 Republicans who voted to consider the law on respect for marriage
He then went to the House for approval before President Joe Biden could sign it.
But there are a good amount of small characters.
First, the bill does not require that all states authorize homosexual marriage, Even if it is the current reality as part of Obergefell’s decision c. Hodges 2015. On the contrary, if the Supreme Court has canceled Obergefell and previous prohibitions on the State on homosexual marriage have returned into force, the law on respect for marriage would oblige states and the federal government to respect the marriages conducted in places where it is legal.
There are religious exceptions. Republican supporters highlighted the elements of this version of the Senate which protect non -profit and religious organizations to have to support same -sex weddings.
“I will support the amendment of the replacement because it will guarantee that our religious freedoms are maintained and protected, one of the socoons of our democracy,” said Shelley Moore Capito, senator from Virginia-Western, in a statement after helping to break the goal.
It took months of behind the scenes to bring more than 10 Republicans on board.
All this is academic at the moment. The bill is only adopted if the Supreme Court now firmly conservative, which has enjoyed upsetting the previous one, was to review the Obergefell v. Hodges who created a national right to marriage for same -sex couples.
Two of the judges who voted in favor of this decision were replaced by conservatives appointed Republicans, which means that if the case was heard today, there is a real probability, it would be decided differently.
While judge Samuel Alito seemed to want to identify the previous abortions by the Supreme Court earlier this year, Ariane de Vogue de CNN wrote on the way in which the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization could affect questions like marriage. Read his story.
Despite the small characters, it is almost incredible that There is a generation, the Republicans and the Democrats, as well as a Democratic President in the 90s, worked together to protect “the institution of marriage” against the same -sex unions.
Today, they are the Republicans and Democrats, as well as a Democratic President, working together to protect the homosexual marriage of a government institution.
Meanwhile, public support for homosexual marriage has increased from around a quarter of the public during the year, the law on the defense of marriage was promulgated at 71% in the Gallup survey this year.
The problem has played a role in several American elections, in particular, no doubt, the one that has just occurred.
Here is a brief history of equality of marriage playing a role in Prior Electoral years:
In 1996, the Republican majority in the House and the Senate felt a political opening after the president of the time, Bill Clinton, did not allow homosexuals to serve openly in the army.
They also tried to get ahead of a court decision of Hawaii which could have legalized homosexual marriage in this state. Fearing that each state could have to recognize the same -sex unions, the Republicans have pushed the law on the defense of marriage, known as Doma.
He declared marriage between a man and a woman and allowed the States to refuse to recognize marriages. He too The federal advantages retained by the same married sex couples. In 2013, a part of Doma has been deemed unconstitutional.
Doma had a large approval. Democrats like then-Sen. Biden voted for the bill. The head of the majority of the current Senate Chuck Schumer, and many other Democrats whose names you recognize, were among the 342 who voted for the bill in the House.
The current president of the Chamber, Nancy Pelosi, was one of the 67 members to vote “no”, with the time. Steve Gunderson, who at the time was the only gay republican in the house.
In 2004, Placing anti-gay wedding amendments on voting bulletins in key states like Ohio was an intelligent policy. This helped George W. Bush win a re -election in the White House and the GOP to win seats in the American Senate.
Bush approved a constitutional amendment to prohibit homosexual marriage. The Democratic candidate, John Kerry, also opposed homosexual marriage at the time.
In 2008, Even if more in his party began to publicly support the equality of marriage, Obama continued his opposition.
He recently said and wrote that he still personally supported homosexual marriage rights. His campaign assistant David Axelrod wrote that Obama made a calculated decision to oppose gay marriage.
“He reluctantly accepted the council of more pragmatic people like me, and changed his position to support civil unions rather than marriage, which he would call a” sacred union “,” wrote Axelrod in a memory.
In 2012, After the example of the president of the time, Biden, Obama officially evolved on the issue and said that he now supported equality of marriage. It was a big moment.
A few years later, in 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of homosexual marriage on a national scale.
“I agree with that,” said Trump in 2016 in an interview with “60 minutes”.
He was going to boast of being a champion of homosexual rights, although many LGBTQ activists would disagree.
Politicians from the 90s have greatly evolved with the country.
But this summer, One of the relics of the Supreme Court of the 90s, Judge Clarence Thomas, questioned the 2015 marriage decision to which he opposed. Consequently, the Republicans and the Democrats gathered again to cancel what they did in 1996 and try to guarantee marriage as a right for all Americans.
