The House plans to vote on the legislation later this week as marriage equality faces new threats.
Vin Testa is a same-sex marriage supporter.
The legislation was introduced after the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage.
The bill requires states to recognize marriages that took place in other states regardless of race, sex, or national origin.
Same-sex marriages and interracial marriages can only be declared invalid if they were performed in the state where they were performed.
The bill protects marriage equality by stating that any federal laws that involve someone's marital status recognize the marriage as valid if it was legal in the state where it was performed.
The Respect for Marriage Act will be voted on in the House this week, according to a report. The bill needs the support of at least 10 Republican lawmakers to pass in the Senate. It is not known if any other Republicans will support the bill sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins.
In light of the Supreme Court's ruling, the House will vote this week on legislation that protects access to contraceptives.
During Pride Month, Justice Clarence Thomas announced to the world his crusade to overturn the privacy, intimacy, and marriage equality of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer community. It is clear that we must use every tool at our disposal to protect marriage equality, as we continue to see attacks from the Court.
Ted Cruz thinks the Supreme Court should overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage. Cruz said that the court was "overreaching" and that it ignored two centuries of history.
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion is threatening marriage equality. The court's decision in Obergefell, which legalized same-sex marriage, is one of a number of major rulings that are based on similar legal grounds. Thomas argued that Obergefell and other rulings that uphold the rights to birth control and same-sex relations are "erroneous" and the court has a duty to correct the error. Loving v. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriage, is also based on the same legal grounds and could be under threat, though Thomas, who is himself in an interracial marriage, didn't mention that ruling. If the Obergefell decision is overturned, 35 states that had bans on same-sex marriage in their state law will be able to do so again.
Clarence Thomas thinks the court should reconsider gay marriage and birth control decisions.
Most states would have same-sex marriage bans if Obergefell hadn't happened.
Ted Cruz is pushing back against the SCOTUS ruling.
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