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Religious groups call on Senate to pass Respect for Marriage Act

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Major faith organizations including the Anti-Defamation League and Interfaith Alliance are calling on senators to pass the Respect for Marriage Act to enshrine same-sex and interracial marriage protections into federal law.

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Times of India

Respect for Marriage Act: US Senate passes bill to protect same-gender marriages. Read to know

The Respect for Marriage Act was passed in the Senate with a 61-36 majority vote. The Democrats were in a hurry to get the bill passed in the House and signed by the US President Joe Biden before the Republicans formed a majority in the House the next year, as per media reports.

1 year ago·India

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News18 India

US Senate Passes Respect for Marriage Act to Protect Same-Sex Marriage

The US Senate passed a landmark bill Tuesday protecting same sex marriage, as lawmakers from both parties moved to forestall the possibility of the conservative-led Supreme Court taking away this right as it did with abortion

1 year ago·India

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CTV News

Landmark same-sex marriage bill wins U.S. Senate passage

The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme Court's 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage countrywide.

1 year ago·Canada

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The Independent

Senate to vote on landmark bill to protect same-sex marriage

The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, putting Congress one step closer to passing the landmark bill and ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Factbox: Who are 12 U.S. Senate Republicans who voted to protect same-sex marriage?

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON - Twelve Republican U.S. senators joined Democrats this week in voting to codify same-sex marriage in the United States, a bill advocates said was necessary to ensure the Supreme Court does not overturn its earlier decision protecting it. Here is what they said about supporting the Respect for Marriage Act, which some social conservatives object to: SUSAN

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Landmark same-sex marriage bill wins Senate passage

The Senate has passed landmark bipartisan legislation to protect same-sex marriages. It's an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds

1 year ago·United States

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