majority on the supreme court. while many people wondered, including myself, whether marriage rights would be next and immediately turned to congress to try to do something about it. what was that? while, to codify the protections that such rights would not be at the mercy of a supreme court or any court for that reason. to ensure that those rights were legislatively guaranteed. so, is what president biden will sign in line with the supreme court s landmark 2015 obergefell decision? does it codify what was said there? not exactly. so, the new law would assure full benefits for marriage, regardless of a couple s sex or race or ethnicity or national origin. federal government will be required to recognize marriages that were valid in a state when performed. but notice the nuance in what i just said. it had to be valid in the state before the feds are required to recognize it. the state, therefore, still
will sign in line with the supreme court s landmark 2015 obergefell decision? what does it codify what was said there? not exactly. so, the new law would assure full benefits for marriage, regardless of a couple s sex or race or ethnicity or national origin. federal government will be required to recognize marriages that were valid in a state when performed. but notice the nuance and what i just said. it had to be valid in the state before the feds are required to recognize it. the state, therefore, still hold a pretty powerful card in its ability to find what exactly is a so-called valid marriage. now, this new law will not require states to issue a marriage license that s contrary to state law. and religions won t be required to perform same-sex marriages. so, why did the states retain such power? well, there s a word, it s called federalism. the concept that says when it comes to power, congress has to