Furthermore, The GAO really should perform a review of what benefits, rights and responsibilities for marriage will change under the #RespectForMarriageAct, now that it has become law. The last time the did such a review was In 2004, when #DOMA was still in force. #RFMA

The #RespectForMarriageAct is not enough for just codifying #WindsorVUnitedStates. If Congress couldn’t codify #ObergefellVHodges requirement for states to *perform* or *certify* same-sex marriages, they should have at least created a federal marriage certificate (and a federal marriage registry) to be issued to couples in the case that Obergefell is struck down by SCOTUS. #RFMA #lgbt #ssm #samesexmarriage #interracialmarriage

At some point the federal government will have to set up its own (voluntary) marriage certificate, IMO. And it’s own (voluntary) free ID card for civilians.

#RFMA’s obeisance to the states regarding the performance of marriages, just like the feds’ reliance on the states to carry out #voterregistration which killed the #ForthePeopleAct, or #Obamacare’s reliance on states to expand #Medicaid, leaves many in the lurch and at the mercy of their own state governments.

#RFMA is a delayed codification of the further dismantling of #partussequiturventrem. And yet it is still not enough, IMO. There is still more to do in dismantling this #apartheid method.

Thank you President Biden for signing the Respect for Marriage Act into law and finally repealing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This is a crucial step forward in protecting the civil rights of Americans from a rogue Supreme Court! #RFMA #BidenDelivers

#LovingVVirginia may have been decided in 1967, but it took until 2000 for the US Census to allow residents to select multiple ethnicities. It took until 2010 for the census to count same-sex households. #RFMA #InterracialMarriage #RespectForMarriageAct

My niece, who's trans, can marry anyone she wants now. The Federal government is guaranteeing that with The Respect For Marriage Act #RFMA. States might still fight it, but now there's nothing to stop her. Her grandparents couldn't have believed this would happen in their lifetimes. Their marriage was not possible in some states when they were young.

#LoveIsLove #RFMA ❤️

My grandmother never saw her father again because of racist laws. She was deported to the U.S. with her mother while her father was forced to stay in Canada. The racist laws wanted to put them on a reserve, but they were mixed. Added to that were the U.S. laws on who was allowed to marry who; it drove them crazy not to know Metis people's blood quanta, so they could remove their marriage from the equation.

The #RFMA could have kept my family together.

My parents never talked about it, but they knew their marriage would not be recognized in every state. My father's tribal affiliation was not always recognized, when it comes down to it. And my mother, sometimes she was "white" under local law. Sometimes she was not. The #RFMA at least recognizes the stupidity of racism governing marriage laws.

The Respect for Marriage Act is so little, so late...but it's better than nothing. #RFMA

RT @BennettCartoons@twitter.com

12/13/2022- The Perfect Gift #RFMA #RespectForMarriageAct #MarriageEquality #loveislove https://tinyurl.com/38536569

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BennettCartoons/status/1602454630977372161

Pretty interesting write-up on the correlation between anti-slavery abolitionism and its correlations to votes on interracial marriage and the Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA): https://charlesohalloranboyd.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/abolitionism-fair-housing-and-marriage-equality-a-study-in-correlation/ #RFMA #RespectForMarriageAct #ssm #lgbt #samesexmarriage #interracialmarriage #civilrights #humanrights #uspol

Some #Republican s are trying hard to block Respect For Marriage Act. #RFMA

The motion to adopt Senate amendment was passed by 258-169-1. Result: Motion to reconsider.

Motion to table (=reject) motion to reconsider was adopted 224-164.

Now what? They're trying to adjourn the House.

This is a voter suppression. Here's probably why: #uspol #news

The Respect for Marriage Act, which would require the U.S. federal government to recognize the validity of same-gender marriages and interracial marriages, has passed the House with strong bipartisan support. This page from the Human Rights Campaign will help you call your senator and urge them to support #RFMA, with a sample script for what to say.
https://act.hrc.org/page/110069/action/1

The Respect for Marriage Act, which would require the U.S. federal government to recognize the validity of same-gender marriages and interracial marriages, has passed the House with strong bipartisan support. This page from the Human Rights Campaign will help you call your senator and urge them to support #RFMA, with a sample script for what to say.
https://act.hrc.org/page/110069/action/1

‘Deceptive’: Franklin Graham warns Christians about ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ ahead of Senate vote #FranklinGraham #RespectforMarriageAct #RFMA

https://www.christianpost.com/news/franklin-graham-warns-christians-about-respect-for-marriage-act.html

#Exvangelical Chrissy Stroop writes on how the Respect for Marriage Act is deeply flawed and carves out religious exemptions like allowing LGBT+ discrimination on campuses.

https://religiondispatches.org/three-cheers-for-mormon-support-of-same-sex-legislation-not-so-fast/

#RFMA #LGBT #exmo #BYU

#currentissues #RFMA #JimDenison http://muddyshoes.org/2022/11/18/this-is-a-huge-issue-that-should-be-approached-delicately/

Why does this not surprise me? #MitchMcConnell #InterracialMarriage #RFMA #RespectForMarriageAct

https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-votes-against-interracial-marriage-despite-asian-wife-1760257