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To: Coronal

True. Congress passed the Respect for Marriage Act , which created a federal law which explicitly legalizes same-sex marriage.

So even if the Supreme Court were to reverse the case on same-sex marriage, the fact that you now have a federal law which explicitly allows it fundamentally changes the legal landscape surrounding same-sex marriage.

Reversing the Supreme Court decision would legally say that there is no constitutional right to same-sex marriage, but such a ruling would not over rule the Federal Respect for Marriage Act.


15 posted on 04/25/2024 4:24:04 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Exactly. It was enacted in response to a possible future reversal of Obergefell.


16 posted on 04/25/2024 4:48:26 PM PDT by Coronal
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