Biden signs law extending marriage protections to same-sex and interracial couples - Maryland Matters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "But the antidote to hate is love," Biden said, adding the marriage equality law "and the love it defends, strike a blow against hate in all its forms."
56% : "Today's signing of the historic Respect for Marriage Act and its protections of same-sex and interracial marriage are an important step forward to protect those rights."
55% : The third finding notes that "millions of people, including interracial and same-sex couples, have entered into marriages and have enjoyed the rights and privileges associated with marriage.
51% : Same-sex and interracial couples had many of their marriage rights codified Tuesday when President Biden signed the bipartisan marriage equality bill during a ceremony attended by thousands outside the White House.
50% : The law ensures that if the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn the cases that legalized same-sex and interracial marriages, the federal government and states would continue recognizing those unions.
48% : Among Republicans: The December vote followed a bipartisan group of senators adding in religious liberty protections that clarified it wouldn't diminish or repeal the religious liberty or conscience protections that stem from the Constitution and federal law.
44% : The bill began moving through Congress this summer after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the two cases that recognized abortion as a constitutional right for nearly half a century.
41% : "It's not more complicated than that and the law recognizes that everyone should have the right to answer those questions for themselves without government interference," he continued.

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