A bipartisan majority of the Senate approved the Respect for Marriage Act on Nov. 29 after narrowly rejecting a trio of detailed amendments that sponsors claimed were required to protect the right of religious freedom of practice and expression.
On a vote of 61–36, the majority—including 49 Democrats and 12 Republicans—adopted a measure approved by the House of Representatives in July and that President Joe Biden has promised to sign. The House still must OK the Senate’s minor revisions of the original proposal.
