The United States house of representatives has given final
congressional approval to legislation that provides federal recognition of
same-sex marriages.
The house voted 258-169 with all of the Democrats voting in
favour.
Among the Republicans, 39 voted in favour while 169 voted
against and one simply affirmed presence.
The development comes as a measure preempting that the
Supreme Court could reverse its support for legal recognition of such
relationships.
Meanwhile, the act, called ‘Respect for Marriage’, had
scaled through the senate on November 29.
Customarily, the bill would be transferred to Joe Biden, the
US president, for assent.
The act would allow the federal government and states to
recognise same-sex and interracial marriages as long as they are legal in the
states where they are performed.
The legislation would repeal a 1996 US law called the
‘Defense of Marriage Act’ which denies federal benefits to same-sex couples.
It would also bar states from rejecting the validity of
out-of-state marriages on the basis of sex, race or ethnicity.
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