https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:54:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/politics/biden-signs-legislation-to-protect-same-sex-interracial-marriages/ Wed, 14 Dec 2022 01:15:44 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=14944 By Julius Washington Howard University News Service President Biden signed into law today the Respect for Marriage Act during a ceremony at the White House, formally repealing the Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act. The bill, which passed both chambers with bipartisan support, will codify into law federal recognition of marriage between same-sex and interracial couples, as decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges. Biden, who made headlines in 2012 for publicly indicating his support before the White House had articulated such a position, called the passage of the legislation “a vital step towards equality, liberty and justice.”]]>