'Love is love, and Americans should have the right to marry the person they love,' President Biden said Wednesday after the Senate advanced legislation that would provide federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages.
in July with support from 47 Republicans. Though several GOP senators initially expressed support for the plan, Schumer agreed to postpone a vote on the legislation until after the midterm elections after some Republicans worried it would endanger religious freedom.
The amendment"recognizes the importance of marriage, acknowledges that diverse beliefs and the people who hold them are due respect, and affirms that couples, including same-sex and interracial couples, deserve the dignity, stability and ongoing protection of marriage," according to the bipartisan group.
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