Respect for Marriage Act

“Marriage is between a man and a woman and that’s how God created it,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said about why she voted against it.

“If I was the entity on the other side of the aisle, I would be more concerned with my own members accused of having cocaine-fueled orgies than worrying about the morality of my marriage.”

The bill could help ensure same-sex marriages are recognized nationwide, but — as always — it’s unclear if enough Republican senators will help support it.

“Believe me: all the LGBTQ legal and advocacy groups are on alert.”

Two more GOP lawmakers have signed on as co-sponsors of the Respect for Marriage Act, raising the total to four Republicans supporting a bill that would fully repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.

Democratic lawmakers kicked off the 114th Congress on Tuesday by reintroducing the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would fully repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe on Monday rejected a request from dozens of Republican lawmakers asking him to appoint a special prosecutor to defend the state’s same sex marriage ban.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday reintroduced the Respect for Marriage Act in the U.S. Congress, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Two Republican members of the U.S. House have announced their support for repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

A New York Democrat leading the charge against the Defense of Marriage Act in Congress is stressing the need for legislative action against the anti-gay law despite a string of victories in the courts.

Freedom to Marry and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) on Wednesday released a new online video featuring Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Charlie Morgan and her wife, Karen, spotlighting the inequalities forced upon gay and lesbian service members by the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

WASHINGTON – A broad coalition of more than 50 civil rights, labor, progressive, faith, student, health, legal, women’s, and LGBT organizations on Thursday announced support of the Respect for Marriage Act– the bill to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that withholds federal protections for legally married gay and lesbian couples. The group, […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to repeal the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act. Now it moves to a Senate that’s hostile to marriage equality — but that’s actually okay. Matt Baume at the American Foundation for Equal Rights has a special episode of Marriage News Watch. Watch here:

A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday voted to advance the Respect for Marriage Act, an historic bill that would fully repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman.

Say what you will about Bank of America, but they gave their LGBT employees a pretty remarkable gift this week. A phony anti-gay survey backfires in Washington when voters refuse to fall for discriminatory talking points. Turmoil at Equality California with a surprise resignation, and it’s all hands on deck right now in Maryland.

In a sharply critical letter to the President, Catholic Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan said that “recent actions” taken by the Administration “escalate the threat to marriage,” and urged Obama to discriminate against gay and lesbian Americans by supporting the “Defense Of Marriage Act.”

With the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” scheduled to take effect on Sept. 20, the U.S. military is expecting many of the service members discharged because of their sexual orientation to seek reenlistment.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) this week indicated that he would not bring up the “Respect For Marriage Act” up for a vote in the House of Representatives.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce on Friday that the Pentagon is ready to certify the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” paving the way for gay men and women to serve openly in all branches of the U.S. military.

At Wednesday’s landmark Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider new legislation that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said the 15-year-old law was discriminatory and urged his colleagues to support its repeal.