Fears that the rights could be stripped away began after Roe v. Wade was overruled in June.
A bipartisan group of Senators says it has enough votes to codify into law the rights to same sex and interracial marriage after many became worried about the protection of the right to marriage equality—which is only enshrined by a Supreme Court decision—when the right to abortion was struck down earlier this year....
Passage of the bill, called the “Respect For Marriage” act will require the support of at least 10 Republicans to prevent a filibuster. The announcement came from Sens. Rob Portman , Tammy Baldwin , Susan Collins , Kyrsten Sinema and Thom Tillis .on the legislation as soon as this week, while the House passed a version of the bill in July, meaning the bill could be signed into law within weeks.
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