Congress Invites Attacks on Religion in 'Respect for Marriage' Bill

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Same-sex nuptials were upheld by the Obergefell Supreme Court decision, and laws against interracial marriage were long ago cast out by states and enshrined in the Loving Supreme Court decision in 1967.
50% : The Democrats' hurried attempt to nationalize same-sex and interracial marriage has now left the First Amendment on the cutting room floor.
44% : The bipartisan amendment ... ensures nonprofit religious organizations will not be required to provide services, facilities or goods for the celebration of a same-sex marriage, and protects religious liberty and conscience protections available under the Constitution and federal law, including the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
43% : Democrats seized upon codifying same-sex and interracial marriage when Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas noted in his concurrence in the Dobbs abortion decision, which remanded abortion decisions to the states, that activist courts in the past had wrongly used "substantive due process" to magic up other issues as well.
36% : One potential manifestation of this risk was highlighted in a now-famous exchange between Justice Alito and then-Solicitor General Donald Verrilli at the time Obergefell was argued in 2015, in which Verrilli correctly (and repeatedly) acknowledged that, once same-sex marriage is recognized nationwide, many colleges, universities, and other non-profits could lose their tax-exempt status based on their refusal, rooted in religious belief, to recognize same-sex marriage.
29% : Since Congress no longer has regular order and is run by the iron fist of Democrats who limit amendments, Lee's amendment preserving religious liberty didn't make the cut.
22% : While the tension between same-sex marriage and religious liberty might not be obvious to many, legal experts have long understood that there is a legitimate risk that, without robust protections in place, read against the backdrop of various federal statutes and the way they have been interpreted by the Supreme Court -- inflict harm on those who, for reasons rooted in sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction, do not embrace same-sex marriage.

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