This week, Joe Biden celebrated the second anniversary of the Respect for Marriage Act, which did nothing new except replace the words “man” and “woman” with “individuals.”
Biden posted on X Friday, championing his so-called “landmark civil rights bill.”
Two years ago, I signed into law the Respect for Marriage Act, a landmark civil rights bill that protects all couples – all love – under law.
Because there are few things as clear and right as marriage equality. pic.twitter.com/OAWy7qvQoa
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 13, 2024
Congress summarizes the Act as the following:
This act provides statutory authority for same-sex and interracial marriages.
Specifically, the act replaces provisions that define, for purposes of federal law, marriage as between a man and a woman and spouse as a person of the opposite sex with provisions that recognize any marriage between two individuals that is valid under state law. (The Supreme Court held that the current provisions were unconstitutional in United States v. Windsor in 2013.)
The act also replaces provisions that do not require states to recognize same-sex marriages from other states with provisions that prohibit the denial of full faith and credit or any right or claim relating to out-of-state marriages on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin. (The Supreme Court held that state laws barring same-sex marriages were unconstitutional in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015; the Court held that state laws barring interracial marriages were unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia in 1967.) The act allows the Department of Justice to bring a civil action and establishes a private right of action for violations.
The act does not (1) affect religious liberties or conscience protections that are available under the Constitution or federal law, (2) require religious organizations to provide goods or services to formally recognize or celebrate a marriage, (3) affect any benefits or rights that do not arise from a marriage, or (4) recognize under federal law any marriage between more than two individuals.
However, same-sex marriage has been legal since June 26, 2015, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Evidently, this ruling didn’t do enough for the sex and gender-crazed Democrats as they pushed to repeal language like “man” and “woman” in the Respect for Marriage Act with “individuals.”
Though this law passed in 2022, Democrat VP nominee Tampon Tim Walz recently claimed that same-sex marriage is illegal in Nebraska, where he was born and raised.
But not to worry, Joe Biden stepped in an unintentional fact-check of Walz’s lies, celebrating the legislation as he prepares to leave the White House.
His greatest accomplishment was not a law protecting Americans from illegal immigrants, crime, or inflation, but apparently one that enacted same-sex marriage laws that were already in place. This accurately sums up Biden’s last four years of prioritizing LGBTQ issues and they/thems over everyday Americans and Christians.
Maybe two years from now, Biden will look back at his proclamation of Easter Sunday as Transgender Day of Visibility. Though, he might have a hard time recalling this blasphemous action.
