Respect for Marriage Act overcomes GOP opposition, passes House

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : As regular readers know, Democrats, led by Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, pushed the Respect for Marriage Act to help shield the status quo for same-sex and interracial couples.
47% : But it's also worth emphasizing the fact that for most congressional Republicans, this modest, narrowly focused legislation, featuring all kinds of concessions to the right in the name of religious liberty, was still a bridge too far.
43% : The far-right jurist issued a concurring opinion six months ago, arguing that a 2015 ruling on marriage equality was "demonstrably erroneous" and should be "reconsidered."
42% : It's a party that, even now, is dominated by officials who simply do not believe that same-sex couples should have the right to get married -- even as polls show that most GOP voters support marriage equality.
41% :It came against a backdrop of Republican officials at multiple levels of government expressing overt opposition to same-sex marriage.

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