The United States Senate is currently considering a bill (HR 8404) deceptively named the “Respect for Marriage Act.” The bill would repeal the bipartisan 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which required the U.S. government to only recognize marriages between one man and one woman. Instead, this new [Dis]Respect for Marriage Act creates a new definition of marriage: whatever any state calls a marriage!

Not only would it require the United States, and each of the 50 states individually, to recognize so-called same sex “marriage,” but if even a single state recognizes polygamy (Utah recently decriminalized polygamy) or anything else as “marriage,” the federal government will recognize it AND require all 49 other states to recognize polygamy as “marriage.”

This is especially dangerous, because the bill gives activists the ability to sue Christian charities that partner with state governments, including those that assist with adoption services or foster care. If HR 8404 passes, these groups will face court orders to compromise their faith. HR 8404 even lays the framework to threaten the nonprofit status of churches and other nonprofits that hold to biblical teaching on marriage.

Please click here and encourage your senators to vote no on this dangerous bill!