Bill “repeals and replaces provisions that define, for purposes of federal law, marriage as between a man and a woman and spouse as a person of the opposite sex with provisions that recognize any marriage that is valid under state law.”
QUICK FACTS:
- Forty-seven Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed in a 267–157 vote the Democrat-led “Respect for Marriage Act” (H.R. 8404), codifying same-sex marriage into federal law.
- “Specifically, the bill repeals and replaces provisions that define, for purposes of federal law, marriage as between a man and a woman and spouse as a person of the opposite sex with provisions that recognize any marriage that is valid under state law,” bill’s summary reads.
- “The bill also repeals and replaces provisions that do not require states to recognize same-sex marriages from other states with provisions that prohibit the denial of full faith and credit or any right or claim relating to out-of-state marriages on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin,” the summary adds.
LIST OF REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF CODIFYING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE INTO LAW:
| Armstrong | Republican | North Dakota | YEA |
| Bacon | Republican | Nebraska | YEA |
| Bentz | Republican | Oregon | YEA |
| Calvert | Republican | California | YEA |
| Cammack | Republican | Florida | YEA |
| Carey | Republican | Ohio | YEA |
| Cheney | Republican | Wyoming | YEA |
| Curtis | Republican | Utah | YEA |
| Davis, Rodney | Republican | Illinois | YEA |
| Diaz-Balart | Republican | Florida | YEA |
| Emmer | Republican | Minnesota | YEA |
| Fitzpatrick | Republican | Pennsylvania | YEA |
| Garbarino | Republican | New York | YEA |
| Garcia (CA) | Republican | California | YEA |
| Gimenez | Republican | Florida | YEA |
| Gonzales, Tony | Republican | Texas | YEA |
| Gonzalez (OH) | Republican | Ohio | YEA |
| Hinson | Republican | Iowa | YEA |
| Issa | Republican | California | YEA |
| Jacobs (NY) | Republican | New York | YEA |
| Joyce (OH) | Republican | Ohio | YEA |
| Katko | Republican | New York | YEA |
| Kinzinger | Republican | Illinois | YEA |
| Mace | Republican | South Carolina | YEA |
| Malliotakis | Republican | New York | YEA |
| Mast | Republican | Florida | YEA |
| Meijer | Republican | Michigan | YEA |
| Meuser | Republican | Pennsylvania | YEA |
| Miller-Meeks | Republican | Iowa | YEA |
| Moore (UT) | Republican | Utah | YEA |
| Newhouse | Republican | Washington | YEA |
| Obernolte | Republican | California | YEA |
| Owens | Republican | Utah | YEA |
| Perry | Republican | Pennsylvania | YEA |
| Rice (SC) | Republican | South Carolina | YEA |
| Salazar | Republican | Florida | YEA |
| Simpson | Republican | Idaho | YEA |
| Stefanik | Republican | New York | YEA |
| Steil | Republican | Wisconsin | YEA |
| Stewart | Republican | Utah | YEA |
| Turner | Republican | Ohio | YEA |
| Upton | Republican | Michigan | YEA |
| Valadao | Republican | California | YEA |
| Van Drew | Republican | New Jersey | YEA |
| Wagner | Republican | Missouri | YEA |
| Waltz | Republican | Florida | YEA |
| Zeldin | Republican | New York | YEA |
BACKGROUND:
- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) introduced the bill July 18.
- The bill’s passage comes a month after the Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a decision that overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that gave women the right to kill their child through abortion.
