“l wasn’t too old to create over 50 million new jobs, to make sure 21 million Americans are insured under the #AffordableCareAct, to beat Big Pharma... Was I too old to relieve #studentdebt for nearly 5 million Americans? Too old to put the first #Black woman on the #SupremeCourt of the United States of America? To sign the #RespectForMarriage Act?”

#JoeWontBackDown #Biden #StillRidinWithBiden24 #Expats #USPolitics #BidenHarris #BidenHarris2024 #Harris #vote #register

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#TomEmmer is the newest #HouseGOP member to be nominated for humiliation.

Unlike #JimJordan, the #HouseWhip is being opposed for not being #conservative enough: he dared vote yea for the #RespectForMarriage Act, which said the federal govt would recognize states' same-sex and interracial marriages.

That *that's* why he's facing such opposition is still further reason to be disgusted with the #Republican party.

https://boingboing.net/2023/10/24/gops-new-speaker-nominee-tom-emmer-already-failing-with-26-no-votes.html

New House speaker nominee Tom Emmer already doomed with 26 "no" votes | Boing Boing

Majority Whip Tom Emmer is the new House speaker nominee to enter the wild and crazy Big Top. And predictably, things have already spiraled out of control. In fact, there is already “signific…

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"An end to Obergefell would mean queer Southerners would have to travel farther to get married and get protections given by the Respect for Marriage Act. Couples who spoke to The 19th also fear that losing Obergefell would embolden the kind of harassment thought to be in the past."

"...couples would have to have the money and time to travel and possibly stay out of state."

#RespectForMarriage #Obergefell #LGBTQIA #LGBT

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‘We don’t want to leave’: If Obergefell is overturned, LGBTQ+ people in the South will bear the brunt

For LGBTQ+ couples in southern states, love and their community support systems have anchored them in states without marriage equality safeguards.

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The #WhiteHouse is lit up rainbow tonight in celebration of President Biden signing the #RespectforMarriage Act.

#LGBTQ #lesbian #gay #bisexual #transgender #queer

It's official, President Biden signs into law Respect for Marriage Act.
#equality #RespectForMarriage

Enjoy this lovely image celebrating the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.

It's a photo of the White House, bathed in rainbow colored lights.

#RespectForMarriage

Biden Signs Same-Sex And Interracial Marriage Law - Political IQ

President Biden on Tuesday signed the "Respect for Marriage" act into law, offering protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. 

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I am also so proud today of activist, writer, diver, and Suquamish member Heather Purser, who fought for recognition for same-sex couples in tribal communities and showed everyone how it's done--with love. #respectformarriage #love https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/home/2012/05/11/same-sex-marriage-brings-healing-to-me-and-my-tribe
Same-Sex Marriage Brings Healing to Me—and My Tribe

Heather Purser set out to win gay marriage rights within the Suquamish Tribe and found herself on a personal journey toward self-acceptance.

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About nine years ago, I registered to officiate the Seattle wedding of two of my dearest friends, two amazing, brilliant women—in the summer sun, with their friends and family. And we need to do so much more, but I am so relieved for the Respect for Marriage Act--that their choices, their commitments are still protected. Marriage is sacred and beautiful and sometimes hard—and an essential, essential human choice and right. #respectformarriage #love
Biden to sign historic same-sex marriage bill at the White House

The Respect for Marriage Act passed in Congress with bipartisan support.

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