In December, the Senate passed the invoice 61-36, and the House once more voted 258-169 to go it. In 2006, the Federal Marriage Amendment, which might have prohibited states from recognizing identical-intercourse marriages, was accepted by the Senate Judiciary Committee on a occasion-line vote and was debated by the full Senate, but was ultimately defeated in each homes of Congress. The State Marriage Defense Act was proposed in Congress to force the federal government to comply with particular person state legal guidelines relating to identical-intercourse marriage though it never passed either chamber. Within the United States, Congress (not the federal courts) has authorized authority over Native reservations. The Supreme Court resolution legalizing similar-sex marriage in the states and territories did not legalize identical-sex marriage in Native American tribal nations. On July 8, 2010, Judge Joseph Tauro of the District Court of Massachusetts held that the denial of federal rights and benefits to lawfully married Massachusetts identical-intercourse couples is unconstitutional beneath the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. It purports to relieve a state of its reciprocal obligation to honor the laws of other states as required by the Constitution's Full Faith and Credit Clause.
