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Biden Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill at White House Ceremony
President Joe Biden signed a bill Tuesday that offers legal protection for interracial and same-sex marriages, NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.
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House Passes ‘Respect for Marriage' Act, Protecting Same-Sex and Interracial Unions
The House voted 258-169 to pass the Respect for Marriage Act on Thursday, sending the legislation to President Biden’s desk.
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What to Know as Supreme Court Weighs Same-Sex Marriage Case
The case marks the second time in five years the Supreme Court has confronted the issue of a business owner who says their religion prevents them from creating works for a gay wedding. But this time, things could end differently.
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Conservative Justices Lean Toward Anti-Gay Marriage Web Designer in Case Pitting LGBTQ Rights Against Religious Freedom
The case comes at a time when the court is dominated 6-3 by conservatives and following a series of cases in which the justices have sided with religious plaintiffs.
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Same-Sex Marriage Returns to Supreme Court With High Stakes Free-Speech Case
The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples.
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Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill
The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages.
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Landmark Same-Sex Marriage Bill Wins Senate Passage
The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide
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Mormon Church Comes Out in Support of Protecting Same-Sex Marriage in Federal Law
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it supports efforts underway in Congress to safeguard same-sex marriage rights.
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Judge Rules for California Baker Over Same-Sex Wedding Cake
A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs.
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Judge Rules for California Baker Over Same-Sex Wedding Cake
A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs.
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GOP Lawmaker Attended Gay Son's Wedding 3 Days After Voting Against Same-Sex Marriage
The gay son of Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., got married on Friday. A few days earlier, his father voted against the Respect for Marriage Act.
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House Votes to Protect Same-Sex Marriage
The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill tp protect same-sex and interracial marriages.
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House Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill in Retort to High Court
The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by many conservatives. In a robust but lopsided debate, Democrats argued intensely and often personally in favor of enshrining marriage equality in federal law, while Republicans steered clear of openly...
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Same-Sex Couples Prepare For Possibility That Supreme Court Overturns Their Rights
The Supreme Court’s decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion is causing anxiety for people in same-sex marriages, particularly those with children.
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Thomas Wants the Supreme Court to Overturn Landmark Rulings That Legalized Contraception, Same-Sex Marriage
In a concurring opinion to the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, the conservative jurist called on the court to overrule a trio of watershed civil rights rulings, writing, “We have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents.”
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Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Push for Post-Roe Protections
As the nation awaits a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a Mississippi law that calls for banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, LGBTQ advocates are pushing to codify protections for same-sex marriage in states throughout the country.
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Roe v. Wade Relied on a ‘Right to Privacy.' Could Overturning it Affect Other Rights?
In a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito argues that rights need to be “deeply rooted in the nation’s history and tradition” to be protected. “If that’s their approach, then the right to contraception might equally be seen as ‘not deeply rooted in our nation’s history and tradition,'” says Caroline Mala Corbin, a University of...
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A Record Number of Weddings Is Expected in 2022. This Is the ‘Money Talk' Couples Should Have Before They Walk Down the Aisle
The pandemic recovery is expected to be a boon for weddings. For couples, this is a moment to make sure you’re on the same page financially.