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    Biden to sign Respect for Marriage Act, reflecting his and the country's evolution

    The bill signing comes after months of work on Capitol Hill and years of changed attitudes — even as the threat looms that the conservative Supreme Court could roll back same-sex marriage rights.
    by Domenico Montanaro Dec 13, 2022 5 minutes
    President Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk through the Cross Hall of the White House lit with rainbow colors following an event commemorating LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the East Room last year.

    President Biden will sign into law Tuesday a bipartisan bill that will codify same-sex and interracial marriages with a large celebration on the South Lawn of the White House.

    "Today, Congress took a critical step to ensure that Americans have the right to marry the person they love," Biden said in a statement Thursday after the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act, which would recognize marriages federally and across state lines. The Senate passed it earlier.

    "While we are one step closer on our long journey to build a more perfect union," Biden added, "we must never stop fighting for full equality for LGBTQI+ Americans and all Americans."

    That long journey is one Biden and the country have been on together. In 2004, just 42% of Americans said they were in support of same-sex. Today, it's 68%, according to an NPR/PBS /Marist poll to be released Thursday.

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