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Same-sex marriage law splits US Congress



Updated 7/20/2022 4:01 p.m
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A number of rights are not protected by law in the United States, but have been declared constitutional by the Supreme Court. Because the judges can change this, the Democrats want to forestall them.

© Scott Strazzante / San Francisco Chronicle / AP / dpa

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, at the Pride March in San Francisco. She and her colleagues want to protect the right to same-sex marriage nationwide – but the bill has little chance in the Senate. Photo: Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle/AP/dpa

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