The House of Representatives of the United States Congress has approved the bill. protect gay unions, law of honor of marriage It has emerged with an excellent consensus between the two parties: 258 votes in favor to 169 against.
is one federal protection The risk is unprecedented in the face of a conservative majority of the Supreme Court deciding to overturn that type of union. “This chamber is proud to stand with the forces of freedom. I began my career fighting for LGBTQ communities, and now as House Speaker, one of the last bills I will sign will ensure that federal May the government never get in the way again.” of them who want to marry the person they love,” Nancy Pelosi said.
Just before the vote, Pelosi paid tribute to Harvey Milk, the first openly gay American politician and activist from California, who was assassinated in 1978.
Repeales the 1996 Act
new law nullifies the protection of marriage law of 1996, which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman, and required states to legally recognize All links, without regard to “gender, race, ethnicity, or national origin”.
The measure had already received a green signal in the Senate 10 days earlier. All that’s missing now is a signature from President Joe Biden, who has already said that with this rule Congress has “taken a decisive step in guaranteeing millions of Americans the right to marry whomever they love.” Right.”
In his opinion, this law would “give peace of mind to millions of LGBTQI+ why interracial couple who are now guaranteed the rights and protections they deserve”.
voices against
Shortly before the vote, several Republicans spoke out against it. One of them is conservative Jim Jordan who warned that this new law is “the wrong way to go.”
