Marriage

Religious institutions could still refuse to host or officiate wedding ceremonies or to provide services, on the basis of religious liberty.

Mario Diaz Balart of Florida; Brian Mast of Florida; Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania; Scott Perry of Pennsylvania; Maria Salazar of Florida; Jeff Van Drew of New ...

The bipartisan legislation, proposed by the Democrats but won the support of 40 Republicans, requires all US states to recognise legal marriages regardless of “ ...

The legislation was introduced this summer after a conservative Supreme Court justice signaled that rulings on marriage equality and contraception should be ...

Passing legislation to protect same-sex marriages in the Senate was a monthslong effort, building on a decadeslong push.

COMMENTARY: The dominant understanding today of the relationship between men and women no longer includes as an essential element the possible bearing and ...

Rep. Glenn Thompson, who is the father of a gay son, voted against a bill protecting same-sex marriage for the second time on Thursday.

Senate Republicans pushed for religious liberties, which prompted an amended version of the bill that would also exclude polygamous marriages. "However, the bill lacks the appropriate constitutional protections for religious liberty enshrined in the First Amendment." [The original Respect for Marriage Act](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404), which repeals the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that only allowed marriage to be between a man and a woman, stated any marriage would be recognized in a state where gay marriage is legal. That's what we're rooting for." So we're just really thankful that you're here." Someone to grow old with.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mattie Goldman, [email protected]. WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and ...

The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 230 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. “This bill leaves the harmful legacy of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) behind and sends the message to LGBTQ and interracial couples everywhere that their marriages will be protected.