It requires the federal government to recognize a marriage between two individuals if the marriage was valid in the state where it was performed. It guarantees that valid marriages between two individuals are given full faith and credit, regardless of the couple’s sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin, but the bill would not require a state to issue a marriage license contrary to state law. These two purposes will have little, if any, effect on churches.
Goodbye Roe v. Wade Supreme Court: The landmark abortion-rights case was "egregiously wrong and on a collision course with the Constitution from the day it was decided." Daniel Silliman Read More
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