In 1987, newly-elected Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi participated in the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
In 2022, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi signs the Respect for Marriage Act in one of her final acts as Speaker of the House
So grateful for her leadership! pic.twitter.com/zWYYiqwasG
— Anthony Close ?? (@AnthonyClose) December 8, 2022
First Senator Warnock won reelection, and now Nancy Pelosi gets to take a victory lap:
… In June, the Republican supermajority on the Supreme Court eviscerated long-standing precedent and the right to privacy with its disgraceful decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Justice Clarence Thomas took explicit aim at marriage equality: urging the court to reconsider Obergefell and upend the lives of countless families across the country. While his legal reasoning is twisted and unsound, we must take Justice Thomas — and the extremist movement behind him — at their word.
Our Respect for Marriage Act combats this threat by requiring states to recognize same-sex marriages, as long as they are valid in the state where they were performed. It also finally repeals the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, so that no future MAGA majority in Congress or president in the White House can wield this policy as a weapon of bigotry.
We soon will send this vital legislation to President Biden for signature: a glorious triumph of love, of freedom and of dignity for all.
This action is the latest step forward in House Democrats’ longtime fight for full equality, waged alongside generations of fearless activists…
Just as I began my career fighting for LGBTQ communities, I am overjoyed that one of the final bills I will sign as speaker will be the Respect for Marriage Act: ensuring the federal government will never again stand in the way of marrying the person you love.
After the Obergefell decision was announced, Jim Obergefell declared to an ecstatic crowd outside the Supreme Court: “Today’s ruling from the Supreme Court affirms what millions across this country already know to be true in our hearts: Our love is equal.”
That is a truth that Democrats proudly honor this week as we carry on our mission to build a brighter, fairer future for generations to come.
I’m so glad my former Representative lived to celebrate this day, too:
“I was here for the birth of DOMA, so I am very grateful to be here for the funeral.”
Former Rep. Barney Frank, the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out as gay, attended the historic House vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriage. https://t.co/LjHBum1fQl
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 8, 2022
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