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Statement

America’s Moms Applaud U.S. Senate Passage of Respect for Marriage Act

November 29, 2022

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on passage of the Respect for Marriage Act by the U.S. Senate:

“U.S. Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, now on track to be signed into law very soon, will make our country more fair, stable, and successful. This popular, bipartisan legislation will maintain the status quo by protecting the marriages of same-sex and interracial couples. It will repeal the discriminatory, misnamed Defense of Marriage Act, and ensure that federal benefits are available to married couples no matter which state they live in.

“Equally important, this bill reaffirms the freedom to marry the person you love and protects families across the country from a U.S. Supreme Court that showed, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, that it does not respect precedent and will not protect our most fundamental liberties.

“We look forward to President Biden signing the Respect for Marriage Act into law, which will give families the security and stability they deserve. We will continue working to pass the Equality Act, to provide federal protections against discrimination targeting the LGBTQ+ community, and legislation to codify Roe v. Wade. And we will continue vigorously challenging all hateful anti-LGBTQ+ federal, state and local legislation and court cases that aim to institutionalize discrimination – and countering the cruel, inflammatory rhetoric supporters use to advance them.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.