Finally Joe Biden Signs the Respect for Marriage Act into Law.
The President of the United States of America Joe Biden has officially signed the ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ into law.
The ‘Act’ which has now become law will grant federal protections to same-sex and interracial marriages.
The United States of America has over the years advocated for the right of people to marry who they love.
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Marriage is an agreement between two people and this agreement should be respected regardless of who a person chooses to marry.
During the Obama administration, the gay right act was also signed allowing persons of the same sex the freedom to marry.
What Does the Respect for Marriage Act Mean to Americans?
Taking to his Twitter handle Joe Biden stressed the essence of marriage and why people should be at liberty to marry whoever they want.
According to him, love is love and Americans should marry who they love.
In his word:
Today, I signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law.
We are reaffirming a fundamental truth: Love is love, and Americans should have the right to marry the person they love.
Marriage is a simple proposition: who do you love? And will you be loyal to the person you love? It’s not more complicated than that. The Respect for Marriage Act recognizes that everyone should have the right to answer those questions for themselves.
Reacting to the latest development, Secretary Pete Buttigieg, United States Secretary of Transportation commended the move by Biden to sign the Act into Law stressing that millions of American Families will now know their marriage is protected by American law.
Starting today, millions of American families will know that our marriages are protected — not just by a margin of one on the Supreme Court but by American law. He said.
Also Nancy Pelosi, US speaker of the House also congratulated Americans on the signing of the Act, she admitted that Congress has indeed achieved a landmark.
The Respect for Marriage Act is now the law of the land! With pride, fortitude and unbreakable unity, @POTUS and the Democratic Congress have achieved a landmark victory in the fight for full equality.
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Finally Joe Biden Signs the Respect for Marriage Act into Law.
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