President Biden signs amended Respect for Marriage Act in White House ceremony

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "They see this as a step forward for religious freedom," Tillis said, because it supports rights for LGBTQ couples without infringing on religious groups' right to believe as they choose.
58% : Their efforts to protect religious freedom as Congress sought to codify the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision are both historic and commendable.
57% : It also requires all states to recognize that same-sex couples are entitled to the same federal benefits as any other married couple.
56% : Among those ages 18 to 29, 83% of Democrats and 64% of Republicans say the legalization of same-sex marriage is good for society, the center reported.
54% : The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints simultaneously released a statement praising those who helped create and pass the law, describing the successful effort to add religious liberty protections to its language "both historic and commendable."
54% : The Respect for Marriage Act redefines marriage for purposes of federal law as between two persons and grants federal protections to same-sex and interracial marriages.
53% : The Respect for Marriage Act does not force states to grant same-sex marriage licenses, though that is the law of the land since Obergefell.
50% : If the court were to overturn Obergefell in the future, more than half the states already have laws on their books that would prohibit same-sex marriage, but the Respect for Marriage Act now requires those states to recognize same-sex marriages entered in other states.
50% : About 61% of Americans expressed a positive view of the impact of the legalization of same-sex marriage in a poll released last month by the Pew Research Center.
49% : The Respect for Marriage Act was a direct response to a written opinion by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas that the court should reconsider its 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which established a federal right to same-sex marriage.
47% : And it ensures that religious organizations, religious schools and their employees do not have to perform or host same-sex marriages or celebrations.
47% : And it ensures that religious organizations, religious schools and their employees do not have to perform or host same-sex marriages or celebrations.
43% : Those protections ensure that churches and faiths can maintain their own doctrines and definitions of marriage and won't be forced to perform or host same-sex marriages.
41% : That created concern that the court might overturn Obergefell and invalidate hundreds of thousands of same-sex marriages, though many court observers considered it unlikely.
37% : They considered it unnecessary and expressed concerns about religious liberty.

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