The U.S. Senate has passed the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation that aims to enshrine federal protections for same-sex marriages in the United States.After that, the bill will move to the desk of President Joe Biden, who has said he will sign the legislation into law.Although the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states in its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision, many warned that the Court's sharp right turn in recent years warranted federal legislation to further protect marriage equality - especially following the Court ruling earlier this year that overturned abortion rights recognized in the 1973 ruling which included a concurring decision from Justice Clarence Thomas indicating that he believed other decisions based on the right to privacy, including Obergefell , should be reexamined.
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