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Today is Friday, November the 18th, 2022.

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Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elthkins.

From Acts, Chapter 14, verse 22,

through many tribulations, we must enter the kingdom of God. The Senate voted this week to

advance the so-called Respect for Marriage Act. The legislation would repeal the Defense of Marriage

Act, which define marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman.

Defense of Marriage Act was adopted overwhelmingly by Congress in 1996 and signed into law by President Clinton.

The Respect for Marriage Act does just the opposite, requiring the federal government to recognize the

validity of same-sex marriages in the United States. In essence, it makes the 2015 Supreme Court

ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges into federal law. In this sense, the Respect for Marriage Act

changes nothing about the status of same-sex marriage

in America.

However, the legislation is raising enormous questions about First Amendment protections

for those who support traditional marriage on religious grounds.

On Monday, a bipartisan group of senators announced that they had crafted, and I quote, common sense language

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