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Congress is set to codify marriage equality – but the Respect for Marriage Act has a few key limitations

  • Written by Dorian Rhea Debussy, Lecturer of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University
Congress is set to codify marriage equality – but the Respect for Marriage Act has a few key limitationsThe Respect for Marriage Act will reverse the 1996 law that defines marriage as one between heterosexual couples.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to approve the Respect for Marriage Act – a bill already passed in the Senate to codify both interracial and same-gender marriage – on Dec. 8,...

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