National Legislation to Protect Same-Sex Marriages Hailed as Historic

In a historic move, President Biden has signed into law a bill shielding same-sex and interracial marriage rights. The law provides federal protections for these marriages to guard against challenges by the conservative majority of the Supreme Court. It also prohibits discrimination against same-sex marriages. This comes at a time when the LGBTQ community is recovering from the trauma of a nightclub massacre in the state of Colorado that is considered a hate crime. Mayra Hidalgo Salazar, deputy director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, speaks with Chelis Lopez about the landmark law.

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