United States: Congress passes law protecting same-sex marriage

The American Congress adopted, Thursday, December 8, a law protecting same-sex marriage in the whole of the United States. US President Joe Biden has pledged to enact it without delay.

The Democratic camp fears a reversal of the Supreme Court in the matter. Before the House of Representatives on Thursday, the Senate voted, at the end of November, a law protecting same-sex marriage.

Same-sex unions have been guaranteed by the U.S. Supreme Court since 2015. But after the high court’s historic flip-flop on abortion last June, many progressives fear that right will be too. unraveled. Indeed, the temple of law already seems ready to authorize certain American businesses to refuse to serve same-sex couples, in the name of freedom of expression. He could decide in this direction as early as this summer.

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Concretely, the law passed in the American Congress repeals previous legislation defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. It also prohibits civil registrars, regardless of the state in which they work, from discriminating against couples “because of their sex, race, ethnicity or origin”. It was voted by all of the elected Democrats in the House of Representatives and 39 Republicans. In addition, 169 members of the “Grand Old Party” opposed it.

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