The United States Senate passed landmark legislation this week enshrining protections for same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law in a bipartisan vote.
The Senate action marks a major hurdle for the legislation, which President Biden has said he will sign into law pending a vote in the House of Representatives.
Leonore F. Carpenter, a Rutgers Law School professor who has served as an LGBTQA rights attorney, explains what the Respect for Marriage Act accomplishes, and what it does not:
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