Happening now: President Joe Biden to sign the Respect for Marriage Act, which is intended to protect gay and interracial marriages.
“Congress has restored a measure of security to millions of marriages and families,” Biden said in a statement when
In a concurring opinion in the case that overturned Roe, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested revisiting other decisions, including the legalization of gay marriage, generating fear that more civil rights could be imperiled by the court’s conservative majority. Thomas did not include interracial marriage with other cases he said should be reconsidered.
A majority of Republicans in Congress still voted against the legislation. However, enough supported it to sidestep a filibuster in the Senate and ensure its passage.
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