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WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into instrumentality connected Tuesday astatine a jubilant solemnisation that featured U.S. vocalist Cyndi Lauper performing "True Colors" successful beforehand of thousands of supporters connected the White House lawn.
The caller instrumentality provides national designation to same-sex marriages, a measurement calved retired of interest that the Supreme Court could reverse its ineligible enactment of specified relationships.
Cheers erupted from the assemblage arsenic Biden signed the bill.
"Marriage is simply a elemental proposition. Who bash you love? And volition you beryllium loyal to that idiosyncratic you love? It's not much analyzable than that. The instrumentality recognizes that everyone should person the close to reply those questions for themselves," Biden said. "Today's a bully day."
The lawsuit featured performances by popular icons Lauper and British vocalist Sam Smith.
[1/7] U.S. President Joe Biden celebrates with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Rep. Jerry Nadler, archetypal woman Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris aft signing the "Respect for Marriage Act," a landmark measure protecting same-sex marriage, connected the South Lawn astatine the White House successful Washington, U.S., December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
"Well, this time, emotion wins," Lauper said earlier starting to sing.
Made celebrated by her 1983 opus "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," Lauper, 69, said the enactment offered bid of caput to families similar hers and Americans nationwide.
"We tin remainder casual contiguous due to the fact that our families are validated and due to the fact that present we're allowed to emotion who we love, which sounds unusual to say, but Americans tin present emotion who we love," Lauper, an activistic connected LGBT issues who has been joined to histrion David Thornton since 1991, told reporters astatine a briefing anterior to the performance.
Addressing the assemblage earlier the signing, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the measure promoted equality.
"Everyone deserves to bask successful the magical blessing of gathering a national with the idiosyncratic you love," she said.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, whose girl and her woman are expecting a child, called it "a time of jubilation."
Reporting by Steve Holland, Andrea Shalal, Katharine Jackson; Editing by Howard Goller and Josie Kao
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