47 House Republicans Vote for Bill That Redefines Marriage in Federal Law and Bans States From Recognizing Traditional Definition of Marriage

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The text for H.R. 8404 (Respect for Marriage Act) states:This bill provides statutory authority for same-sex and interracial marriages.
53% : Democrats said these legal protections are necessary to protect marriage equality.
50% : The Blaze reported:Though same-sex marriage is already de facto federal law because of the Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, Democrats reintroduced the legislation in response to Justice Clarence Thomas' concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization -- a landmark case that overturned Roe v. Wade -- in which Thomas said the court should revisit its substantive due process precedents, including Obergefell.
47% : "The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 267-157 to pass a bill that redefines marriage in federal law, codifying a Supreme Court decision that recognized same-sex marriages," The Blaze reported.
42% : The bill also repeals and replaces provisions that do not require states to recognize same-sex marriages from other states with provisions that prohibit the denial of full faith and credit or any right or claim relating to out-of-state marriages on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.
41% : Hysteric Democrats have accused the Supreme Court of threatening to end same-sex marriage rights, and even interracial marriage rights, citing Thomas' opinion and ignoring the court majority's opinion in Dobbs, which explicitly ruled out overturning those precedents.
39% : (The Supreme Court held that state laws barring same-sex marriages were unconstitutional in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015; the Court held that state laws barring interracial marriages were unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia in 1967.)
39% :Nevertheless, Dobbs galvanized Democrats to schedule a vote on same-sex marriage, which they hoped would put some Republicans on record for opposing marriage equality and serve as a distraction from inflation and President Joe Biden's flailing approval rating.
30% : Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion in the Dobbs decision, emphasized, "Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion."

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