Abstract
Congress recently passed the Respect for Marriage Act to assure that certain marriages would remain valid even if the Supreme Court were to overrule past precedent and hold that the Constitution does not protect the right to marry a partner of the same sex or of a different race. However, the Act, as written, may not offer protection for certain same-sex or interracial marriages and may open the door to the federal protection of plural marriages, congressional intent notwithstanding, because of the Court’s increasingly robust free exercise jurisprudence.
Recommended Citation
Mark Strasser,
Free Exercise, the Respect for Marriage Act, and Some Potential Surprises,
72 Clev. St. L. Rev.
433
(2024)
available at https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev/vol72/iss2/7
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