'Defended and revered': Biden backs invoice codifying Supreme Court docket marriage precedents

President Joe Biden's administration has expressed assist for congressional efforts to codify the Supreme Court docket rulings legalizing homosexual and interracial marriage.

The Respect for Marriage Act, in any other case generally known as H.R. 8404, would strengthen civil rights and guarantee marriage equality throughout the nation, in line with Biden's Workplace of Administration and Funds.

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"The appropriate to marriage confers important authorized protections, dignity, and full participation in our society," OMB stated in an announcement of coverage. "No particular person ought to face discrimination due to who they're or whom they love, and each married couple in the USA deserves the safety of understanding that their marriage will probably be defended and revered."

The invoice, launched by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and co-sponsored by the likes of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), would repeal the Protection of Marriage Act and enshrine the fitting to federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages.

The legislative push is available in response to the Supreme Court docket's Dobbs v. Jackson Girls's Well being Group ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. Whereas Justice Samuel Alito, the bulk opinion's writer, explicitly wrote, “Our resolution issues the constitutional proper to abortion and no different proper," Justice Clarence Thomas steered the courtroom “ought to rethink” its rulings relating to "substantive due course of precedents," together with contraception entry, homosexual relationships, and same-sex marriage, in his concurring opinion.

It's unsure whether or not the measure has the ten Republican votes wanted for it to clear the Senate. Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) instructed Axios, "It is laborious to say." "I have not checked out them," he stated. "I have not even given any thought to that."