Conservative Leaders Urge GOP Senators to Reject House-Passed Same-Sex Marriage Bill
28th July 2022
Conservative leaders are calling on senators to reject the House-passed Respect for Marriage Act, which aims to codify into federal law the Supreme Court’s 2015 legalization of same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges.
“The Act, which was suddenly rushed through the House without any public hearings or input, is an attack on millions of Americans, particularly people of faith, who believe marriage is between one man and one woman,” wrote more than 80 conservative leaders, along with the legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom, in a letter Tuesday to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
The letter writers believe the bill would threaten the religious freedom rights of individuals and groups across the nation if it becomes law.
Over half of the states have amended their constitutions to provide that marriage is only between one man and one woman. Ineffective under the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision, these would come back into effect if that decision were overturned, as the various abortion-limiting laws still on the books sprang back into life once Roe was overturned.