Respect For Marriage Act Protects Same-Sex Couples - WV MetroNews

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Capito said the bill "affirms that couples, including same-sex and interracial couples, deserve the dignity, stability, and ongoing protection of marriage."
55% : The landmark decision finally awarded same-sex couples the same benefits of marriage as heterosexual couples.
52% : "These (same-sex) families have relied on decisions affirming their right to marry and its accompanying protections: custody of children, healthcare decisions, right of survivorship, tax status, immigration status and more," they wrote.
51% : The long-standing controversy over same-sex marriage pretty much settled down.
48% : A Gallup Poll earlier this year found that 71 percent of Americans say they support legal same-sex marriage.
42% : Ted Olson is one of the country's leading conservative advocates for same-sex marriage.
41% : In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision in Obergefell v Hodges ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.

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