President Joe Biden, sporting his signature aviator sunglasses on a chilly but sunny day in the nation’s capital, emerged from the White House and made a declaration: “Today is a good day.”
Biden signed a bipartisan marriage equality bill into law on December 13 in front of 5,000-plus LGBTQ advocates and allies who gathered at the White House to celebrate the historic moment.
Cheers erupted across the South Lawn after the president put the finishing touches on the Respect for Marriage Act, which formally repeals the Defense of Marriage Act and protects same-sex and interracial marriages against future attempts by the Supreme Court to overturn the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that guaranteed marriage rights for queer couples nationwide.
