ACTION ALERT: Tell Your Senators to pass the Respect for Marriage Act!

ACTION ALERT CROSS-POSTED FROM OUR NATIONAL PARTNER AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION

The Supreme Court of the United States shocked the world when it overturned federal abortion protections, and when Justice Clarence Thomas explicitly wrote in a concurring opinion that rulings establishing rights to same-sex marriage, contraception, and same-sex relationships should be reconsidered, he made clear that civil and human rights understood as established and fundamental are in fact under grave threat.

Now, Congress has the chance to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. This bill passed the House of Representatives in July with bipartisan support, and now heads to the Senate for a vote that may occur as early as next week.

We must act today. Urge your Senators to support the Respect for Marriage Act.

The Respect for Marriage Act overturns the Defense of Marriage Act, which established marriage as between one man and one woman, denied benefits to same-sex couples and allowed states to refuse to recognize valid out-of-state same-sex marriages. This bill would codify the right for same-sex couples to have their marriages recognized nationwide into statute, and also protects interracial marriages.

Will you take two minutes to reach out to your Senators today to tell them to protect marriage equality?