Biden signs historic same-sex marriage bill at White House

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriage.
51% : The Respect for Marriage Act doesn't include Obergefell's national requirement but will mandate that individual states recognize same-sex and interracial marriages that were lawfully performed in another state.
49% : Justice Clarence Thomas, in a concurring opinion, said he believed the court should reconsider other precedents based on similar legal doctrine, including 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges -- which found that the 14th Amendment requires all states to license same-sex marriages.
46% : Some Republicans who voted for it in Congress noted additional language around protecting religious groups who still object to same-sex marriage.
43% : Baldwin has said the bill "will protect the hard-fought progress we've made on marriage equality."
35% : Biden has long been outspoken on the issue of same-sex marriage and in 2012, famously preempted then-President Barack Obama in declaring his public support.

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