Port: Like it or not, the Respect for Marriage Act is how the law is supposed to be made in America

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Today, Congress passed a law protecting marriage rights for same-sex couples, and it passed with significant bipartisan support.
51% : Same-sex marriage is already legal in every American state.
50% : Because attitudes about same-sex marriage have changed, dramatically.
47% : "Same-Sex Marriage Will Finally Be Written Into Law," is the headline one national media outlet used to describe this turn of events, and that says a lot, doesn't it?
46% : When that opinion was handed down in 2015, I wrote that I was glad that same-sex marriage was going to be legal, but that I wish legalization had come from the political process and not the courts.
46% : By the way, if the court overturns their precedent on same-sex marriages, too, the Respect for Marriage Act wouldn't overturn any state-level marriage bans from taking effect.
45% : The Supreme Court should strike down its precedent on same-sex marriage.
43% : Though, I have to think, that if the Supreme Court were to overturn the precedent, many state-level bans on same-sex marriage wouldn't survive.
42% : Now here we are, finally getting a political solution to this pressing social policy question, though I should note that the court precedent outlawing same-sex marriage bans still stands.
41% : Not because I want same-sex marriage to be outlawed, but because that's not how our system should work.
34% : But for many of those states, it's legal because the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion finding bans on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional.
20% : Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer voted against the bill, claiming that it doesn't contain sufficient protections for religious liberty.

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