Biden to Sign Bill to Protect Same-Sex Marriage Rights

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "On this day, Jill and I are thinking of the courageous couples and fiercely committed advocates who have fought for decades to secure nationwide marriage equality at the Supreme Court and in Congress," Mr. Biden said in a statement after House passage last week.
59% : As vice president, Mr. Biden publicly announced his support for same-sex marriage before his boss, President Barack Obama, upending careful plans for Mr. Obama's re-election announcement.
55% : As a candidate for the presidency in 2020, he was an ardent supporter of gay rights and same-sex marriage.
54% : As vice president, he announced his support for same-sex marriage before his boss, President Barack Obama.
54% : Once a fiercely divisive political issue, same-sex marriage has won mainstream approval in recent years, with polls showing that 70 percent of Americans support it.
51% : WASHINGTON -- President Biden will sign the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday, mandating federal recognition for same-sex marriages and capping his own personal evolution toward embracing gay rights over the course of a four-decade political career.
48% : The push for passage of the law was driven in part by the Supreme Court opinion overturning abortion rights, in which Justice Clarence Thomas raised the possibility of using the same logic to reconsider decisions protecting marriage equality and contraception rights.
47% : In 2015, the court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that all states must recognize the marriages of same-sex couples just as they would marriages between a man and a woman.
46% : Proponents of the new law argued that Congress needed to be proactive in ensuring that a future Supreme Court ruling would not invalidate same-sex marriages around the country.
38% : Opponents of the legislation argued that it would undermine family values in the United States and restrict the religious freedoms of people who do not believe that same-sex marriage is moral.

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