the decision means that the conservative majority in the Supreme Court cannot abolish the right to same-sex marriage as they did earlier this year with the right to abortion. The law was passed by a vote of 61 to 36 after 12 Republicans voted with the Democrats in favor of the law. 60 votes are needed to pass the law without debate. The law will now be sent to the House of Representatives, which is expected to vote on it quickly. The law then goes on to President Joe Biden for signature. Biden says he will sign it quickly and with pride. The House of Representatives passed a similar law in June with the votes of all Democrats and 47 Republicans. Big relief The law is a big relief for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have married someone of the same sex since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015. The majority leader, Senator Chuck Schumer, said it was time for the law to be introduced. He says the law is a new step in America’s difficult, but inevitable, march towards greater equality. He proudly pointed out that he wore the same tie as when his lesbian daughter got married. The vote was personal for several senators, including Tammy Baldwin, the US’s first openly lesbian senator, who has worked for the rights of homosexuals for several decades. Fear that the right could disappear The right to same-sex marriage has been guaranteed by the Supreme Court since 2015. But after a more conservative Supreme Court in June removed the right to abortion that was in Roe vs. Wade case, many began to fear that the same could happen with the right to same-sex marriage. The fear increased when the conservative Supreme Court judge Clarence Thomas suggested after the abortion decision that same-sex marriage could be on the way. It is then urgent to get the law passed while the Democrats still have a majority in both chambers. In January, the new Congress takes over, where the Democrats lost their majority in the House of Representatives after the mid-term elections in November. The still disputed Act does not require the states to introduce the right to same-sex marriage, but he does require them to recognize such marriages that have been entered into in other states. The law also applies to marriages between people of different races, which is still disputed in parts of the southern states, even after many decades of civil rights battles. Opinion polls show that over two-thirds of Americans support same-sex marriage. But the topic is still controversial. Religious conservatives are against it because they believe such a law threatens religious rights. Opposition rejected 36 Republican senators voted against. The vote took place after several republican amendments on the rights of church communities and those who oppose such marriages were rejected. The rationale was that the bill already clarifies that the rights of individuals and businesses will not be violated. One attempt to sabotage the law by saying that it opens up polygamy was stopped by changing it to specify that it applies to marriage between two people. One of the more conservative Republicans who voted for the law, Cynthia Lummis, said she still supports the church’s doctrine that marriage is between a man and a woman. But she said that the United States is based on a separation between church and state, and that it is important to have tolerance for the views of others. were under great pressure. It was actualized by the attack on a nightclub for gays in Colorado last weekend, which cost five people their lives.
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