{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-votes-defend-same-sex-interracial-marriage-following-supreme", "Rep. Stansbury Votes to Defend Same-Sex, Interracial Marriage Following Supreme Court Rulings", "2022-07-19", "2022", "2022-07", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) cosponsored and voted to pass legislation to protect the marriage rights of same-sex and interracial couples and repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The Respect for Marriage Act (H.R.8404) has been brought to the House floor in response to recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions rolling back major constitutional rights and protections for the first time in modern history.\n\nWhile marriage equality still remains constitutionally protected, the Supreme Court\u2019s majority decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Waderelied on arguments that could threaten other fundamental rights, including the right to marriage equality. In a concurring opinion in Dobbs, Justice Clarence Thomas explicitly cited decisions protecting other fundamental rights, including the right to same-sex marriage recognized in Obergefell v. Hodges.\n\n\u201cAmericans\u2019 fundamental rights are under attack by a renegade Supreme Court\u2014including not only abortion, but marriage equality, contraception, and other rights,\u201d said Rep. Stansbury. \u201cWe cannot allow an extreme Supreme Court majority to send us generations backwards. I am proud to cosponsor and vote to pass the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act to protect the rights of same-sex and interracial couples to marry and enshrine marriage equality in federal statute. Every person should be able to marry the person they love and have the certainty that their families and their rights will be protected.\u201d\n\nThe Respect for Marriage Act:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-votes-defend-same-sex-interracial-marriage-following-supreme"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0095220059156418, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}