The Respect for Marriage Act takes key steps to uphold marriage equality under federal law. The bill's biggest sponsor in the Senate told us the legislation is humble. An activist we spoke to said maybe marriage has been sucking the oxygen out of the room for like a few decades now.
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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