In my opinion, the legal definition of marriage should be left to the individual states and DC.
I am not sure why the Members of the U.S. Congress need to get involved other than to grab more power over We the People's lives! I am not an expert on the U.S. Constitution, but I assume this kind of legislation is actually unconstitutional! I think, this kind of legislation is grand standing for no good purpose!
What if e.g. the citizens of Utah vote for reestablishing polygamy and other questions?
"Forty-seven House Republicans voted Tuesday in support of a Democrat-backed bill to codify same-sex marriage into federal law.
The bill, dubbed the Respect for Marriage Act, passed the House of Representatives 267 to 157. All 220 Democrats voted in favor. Seven Republicans abstained.
The Respect for Marriage Act would formally repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which recognized marriage as “only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.” The 1996 law was effectively invalidated by the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, but it has remained on the books."
Here Are the 47 House Republicans Who Voted to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
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