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On Tuesday, the misleadingly named Respect for Marriage Act was passed by the Senate.

While Republicans and just about every Democrat voted yes for the bill, whose name makes

it sound as if it affirms and supports marriage.

In reality, however, what this bill does is to further enshrine a redefined understanding

of marriage and to law.

Born into the bill, marriage is nothing more than the legal affirmation of adult desires,

rather than a bedrock for thriving civilizations built on the realities of whom and women

are, and oriented around the needs and best interest of children.

This new bill replaces the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which was signed into law by President

Bill Clinton, which recognizes marriage as the union of a man and woman.

It shores up and extends the impact of Obergefell V. Hodges that landmark Supreme Court decision

that overturn marriage laws and dozens of states enshrine same-sex marriage as the law

of the land and redefine the institution of marriage by judicial fiat.

The Respect for Marriage Act is the product of fear from the political left that a conservative

Supreme Court willing to overturn Roe v. Wade may also be willing to overturn Obergefell,

something that only one justice indicated any willingness to consider.

The bill will now return to the House for a final vote before being sent to a White House

that promised to sign the bill into law immediately.

The passing of this bill indicates that far too many lawmakers, including far too many

of that describe themselves as conservatives, simply do not understand what marriage is,

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