The Respect for Marriage Act Is a Critical Piece of Legislation Moving Forward

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This year will be remembered for the Dobbs decision that came out of the Supreme Court of the United States. In his concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas argued the court shouldn't stop with abortion that it should go after other unenumerated rights like same sex marriage. That freaked out a lot of Americans and a lot of politicians who thought this was settled law. And some of them, including Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, decided to do something about it.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin managed to rally bipartisan support for a marriage equality bill, but she’s the first to admit the legislation is “humble.” An activist wonders if there’s an overemphasis on the institution of marriage.

This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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