House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage, measure now goes to Biden - live updates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : More: Senate advances same-sex marriage bill that also includes religious freedom protections
51% : WASHINGTON - The House passed historic legislation Thursday that would federally protect same-sex and interracial marriage rights.
50% : Associate Justice Clarence Thomas expressed interest in reconsidering same-sex and interracial marriage rights in a separate concurring opinion that no other justice joined.
49% : Lawmakers voted 258-169, with one member voting present, to pass the same-sex marriage bill that will federally protect same-sex and interracial marriage rights.
48% : "The U.S. Congress will vote in a bipartisan way to pass the Respect for Marriage Act enshrining marriage equality into federal law and protecting marriages just like Brittney's," he said.
45% : Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., the first openly gay person to serve in the Senate, said its passage would allay the concerns of same-sex and interracial couples worried their civil marriage rights and recognition could be stripped away.
31% : Jordan said Democrats want Americans to believe the Supreme Court could step in and overturn opinions like in Obergefell v. Hodges, a case that legalized same-sex marriage across the country.
23% : Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said the same-sex marriage legislation "does not go far enough" to protect religious liberty.

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