Same sex marriage bill passed in US Senate: President Biden will make it a law before January
The US Senate has passed the Same Sex Marriage Bill. According to the New York Times report, it will now be sent to the House of Representatives for final approval. After this, President Biden will sign the bill and it will be made a law. This whole process will be completed before January.
Gay marriage will be recognized as soon as this bill becomes law. In other words, same sex marriage will not be wrong. In 2015, the Supreme Court banned it across the country. Expressing happiness over the passage of this bill in the Senate, President Joe Biden said- ‘Love is love’ and every citizen living in America should be allowed to marry that person. He has the right to whom he loves.
This bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in July.
In June, the Supreme Court overturned a ruling protecting abortion rights. Since then, people in America were afraid that same sex marriage could also be in danger. After which Biden’s government brought this bill recognizing same-sex marriage.
The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in July. The House had decided that the bill would be voted into law, after which it was sent to the Senate on 16 November. A vote of 61 out of 100 members was needed to pass the bill.
Biden will have to make it a law before January
President Biden will have to sign the bill before January 2023 to enact same sex marriage law. This is because in January the House of Representatives will come under the control of Trump’s Republican Party. After this, Biden will have to rely on the opposition in Parliament, i.e. Donald Trump’s Republican Party, to take every major decision, because whichever party wins in the House of Representatives, that party dominates the Parliament. The same party plays a more important role in making laws.
The Republican Party won a majority in the House of Representatives in the recently held mid-term elections. All Republican leaders who win here will take office in January.
