The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill providing federal protection for same-sex marriage amid concerns that Supreme Court may push back the recognition of these unions.
Marriage Respect Law passed the Democratic-controlled House with 267 votes in favor and 157 against, but his outlook is uncertain in Senate.
Democrats hold 50 seats in the 100-member Senate and it would take 10 Republican votes to pass the measure.
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If the Respect for Marriage Act is passed, states are required to recognize marriages performed in another state as valid, providing protection not only for same-sex unions but also interracial marriages.
Supreme Courtin a 5-4 ruling struck down a portion of the Marriage Protection Act in 2013 that stripped married same-sex couples of federal benefits, but the law remains in effect.
On June 24, the Supreme Court annulled the case. Rowe vs. Wadea 1973 ruling that enshrined the right to abortion nationwide, which suggests that conservative judges can review other historic decisions.
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Regardless of the future outcome in high cameraProgressives could take advantage of a vote that would force Republican senators to portray themselves in the face of a November legislative election whose campaign is already dominating the abortion issue.
“Unless the Supreme Court overturns the Obergefell (a ruling protecting same-sex marriage), this law will be unnecessary but harmless. If the decision is overturned, it will be decisive,” said the representative of the Democratic Party. Jerry Nadler referring to the possibility that Supreme Court to reconsider other legal precedents after the abolition of the protection of the right to abortion.
So Nadler responded to the Republican. Jim Joneswho criticized the Democrats’ proposal as “unnecessary” because, in his opinion, the Supreme Court ruling on abortion “makes it clear that it cannot be misinterpreted” in relation to other safeguards.
However, the conservative judge Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in a concurring opinion on this ruling, proposed revisiting various legal precedents based on the “fundamental due process” doctrine, including rulings that protect same-sex marriage or access to contraceptives.
Several gay Democrats recalled on Tuesday the day the U.S. Supreme Court defended gay marriage in its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
“On that day, the Supreme Court ruled that we have the right to equal marriage. Many of us sang the national anthem in front of the court, because when your country catches up with you, it’s precious,” Sean said. patrick maloneyfrom New York.
Another congressman from New York, Mondar-Jones, reminded his fellow Conservatives that “nearly 300,000 same-sex couples have married since ‘Obergefell’.” “Imagine telling the next generation of Americans, my generation, that we no longer have the right to marry anyone,” he lamented.
(According to AFP and EFE)
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