Contact your Senators now to demand they support marriage equality!
We can’t believe we have to say it, but…the ability for same-sex couples to marry and enjoy equal protection for marriages is a fundamental right that must be defended.
The Supreme Court of the United States shocked the world when it overturned federal abortion protections, and when Justice Clarence Thomas explicitly wrote in a concurring opinion that rulings establishing rights to contraception, same-sex marriage, and same-sex relationships should be reconsidered, he made clear that civil and human rights understood as established and fundamental are in fact under grave threat.
Now, Congress has the chance to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. This bill passed the House of Representatives in July with bipartisan support, and heads to the Senate for a vote that may occur as early as next week.
The Respect for Marriage Act overturns the Defense of Marriage Act, which established marriage as between one man and one woman, denied benefits to same-sex couples and allowed states to not recognize valid out-of-state same-sex marriages. This bill would codify in federal law the right for same-sex couples to have their marriages recognized nationwide, and provides the same protection for interracial marriages.
Take action now.
