#FreeExercise, the Respect for #Marriage Act, and Some Potential Surprises
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#Congress recently passed the #RespectforMarriageAct to assure that certain #marriages would remain valid even if the #SupremeCourt were to overrule past precedent and hold that the #Constitution does not protect the right to #marry a partner of the #samesex or of a different #race. However, the Act, as written, may not offer protection for certain same-sex or #interracial ...
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EngagedScholarship@CSUFree Exercise, the Respect for Marriage Act, and Some Potential SurprisesCongress recently passed the Respect for Marriage Act to assure that certain marriages would remain valid even if the Supreme Court were to overrule past precedent and hold that the Constitution does not protect the right to marry a partner of the same sex or of a different race. However, the Act, as written, may not offer protection for certain same-sex or interracial marriages and may open the door to the federal protection of plural marriages, congressional intent notwithstanding, because of the Court’s increasingly robust free exercise jurisprudence.
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