US on the verge of granting federal protection to same-sex marriage

This law, in Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2016 Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage across the country and is believed to be in peril. Does not force all states to issue same-sex marriage licensesbut yes to force for everyone recognizes marriages where they are legal.

The rule is also protects same-sex partnerships and interracial marriagescompels states to recognize legal marriages regardless of “sex, race, ethnicity or national origin”. (Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who is married to former Asian Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, voted against.)

Also, the norm Repeals the 1996 Defense of Marriage ActDefining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, it allowed states not to recognize same-sex marriages in other states and denied all married couples the same equal federal benefits. Although part of this law was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2013, it has not yet been repealed.

religious freedom

this republican support It was essential to overcome the 60 vote barrier in the Senate, which disabled any attempt at a blockade by rape. This result was achieved by postponing the discussion and voting in the Upper House until after the last midterm elections. And above all, it was achieved after it was included in the bill. language indicating protections for freedom of religion, a demand that conservatives have.

Specifically, the approved text confirms: Churches, universities, and other non-profit religious organizations will not be obligated to provide “any services, goods, or facilities for the celebration or formalization of a marriage.” and they will not lose their status tax breaks even if they discriminate against same-sex people who want to marry, they do not provide other benefits. In addition, it is clear that The federal government does not have the authority to recognize polygamous marriages.something the far right criticizes what the law can do.

Now, the House of Representatives, which greenlit the original bill in July with the backing of 47 Republicans, must vote on the revised legislative text put forward in the Senate on Tuesday, but its approval is considered final under Democratic control. Support for the Lower House and some Republicans for the measure. He also harvested support from institutions such as the Mormon Church, although he continues to consider relationships between people of the same sex to be against his orders and continues to refuse to engage in same-sex marriages and does not lose tax benefits.

Warning since summer

this Alarm On the future of same-sex marriage in the US summerin the sentence suspending the protection of abortion Judge Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court”review precedents” and other sentences that legitimize it. access to contraceptives, the same-sex relationships and meequality in marriage Thomas, who is married to a black and white woman, made no mention of the precedent that legalized interracial marriages.

At the moment 35 states got from USA same-sex marriage bans in their constitutions or local lawsHe. These restrictions Disqualified by decision of 2015 but it is calculated at least 29 may be reinstated Roe v. wade.

More than two-thirds of the US population supports same-sex partnerships. However, conservative groups and religious institutions such as some Republicans and the Catholic Church in the United States, which, unlike the Mormon Church, do not support the law, remain in opposition, according to polls.

Biden’s message

Minister Biden released a statement celebrating the success. “Love is love and Americans should have the right to marry the person they love”, especially applauding the bipartisan cooperation to move legislation forward.