The right for same-sex couples to marry is one step closer to being enshrined into federal law after a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators passed the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday.
The LDS Church came out in support of the Respect for Marriage Act once an amendment was added that provided some exclusions for religious institutions.
The bipartisan support in the chamber came after lawmakers added an amendment to the House bill to provide exclusions for religious organizations, meaning those groups, “shall not be required to provide services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, or privileges for the solemnization or celebration of a marriage,” according to the amendment.for passing the bill, though it added that its doctrine on “marriage between a man and a woman is well known and will remain unchanged.
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